No wonder we’re dying out : Nobody likes going to the dentist, but redheads may have good reason. A growing body of research shows that people with red hair need larger doses of anesthesia and often are resistant to local pain blockers like Novocaine. As a result, redheads tend to be . . . . Continue Reading »
Yuval Levin continues to be the leading conservative commentator on all things related to healthcare. Here he explains that the inevitability of a systemic overhaul (meaning nationalization) of our healthcare industry has been frustrated by the actual concerns of voting citizens and the heavy . . . . Continue Reading »
In the latest edition of First Things , Reuven Brenner has a must-read article on our current fiscal predicament : Fundamentals seem to cluster in foursomes. Classical alchemy had four elements, and classical medicine had four humors. Though it’s neither alchemy nor medicine, economics, . . . . Continue Reading »
A new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Expenditures on Children by Families , finds that a middle-income family with a child born in 2008 can expect to spend about $221,190 ($291,570 when adjusted for inflation) for food, shelter, and other necessities to raise that child over the next . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . as a sort of baptized feng shui would get to me, too, after a while, I think. This cruciform decorating mania of Jody’s reminds me somehow of a day I spent in Little Walsingham years ago. This Norfolk village, as you may or may not recall, rejoices in the title of “England’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s Spengler essay at “Asia Times Online” addresses the decline of Arab Christianity and the causes of the extreme rancor that Arab Christians often express towards the Jewish State. (Note: The blurb makes it seem as if I am attacking Israel — quite the opposite. It . . . . Continue Reading »
It is amazing how our betters in Congress hate being petitioned by their constituents about a health care bill that could ruin our medical system. And Speaker Pelosi calls people like the doctor in this story who dared to ask his Congressman a question, “Un American.” No, unbelievable. . . . . Continue Reading »
This summer has been one of profitable reading for me. Among the many books I have read are two that are particularly outstanding. Their virtue lies in the skillful, informed, and clear way they dismantle the case for unbelief made by a small cluster of writers that has come to be known as ” . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a chance—just a chance, because I don’t think the leaders of Congress or the President care much what the people think—that the current Obamacare plans can be defeated. The key is the independent voters. The new Rasmussen Poll shows they are turning against Obamacare . . . . Continue Reading »
The American media is uninterested in fuly reporting the assisted suicide story, particularly the problems that have occurred in Oregon. But with the issue hotly debated now in the UK, the Daily Mail has a long story illustrating the dangers of legalizing assisted suicide. Since our own . . . . Continue Reading »
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