Imagine a private insurance company stating that it would, in the future, sharply limit payment for hospital stays regardless of need because it had money problems. Political leaders would call CEOs to Washington demanding answers. Regulators would threaten huge fines. The lawsuits . . . . Continue Reading »
The headline is hyperbole, for all you literalists out there—and you know who you are. But I think Jacob Sullum is right that we seem to be in danger of medicating “boyhood.” From the Reason article, “Pediatrician Group Seeks to Boost ADHD Diagnosis:” This . . . . Continue Reading »
Vatican’s economic statement will be way to the left of Wall Street financiers National Post , Father Thomas Reese, S. J. Arguing for A Scientific Revolution In Art: Jonathon Keats Evangel , Tom Gilson Evangelicals hold sway in Iowa caucuses Los Angeles Times , Seema Mehta Seven Billion New . . . . Continue Reading »
1. I saw Herman Cain on Piers Morgan last night for a few minutes. He was terrible on homosexuality and abortion—pro-choice in all the wrong places. Meanwhile, the 9s is picking up endorsements from the likes of Steve Forbes. Cain’s done and deserves to be done, and for reasons having . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a great deal of push within the organ transplant community and bioethics to loosen the rules of organ donation. This is profoundly unwise because it will, in my view, erode the trust people currently have in the organ transplant system. ‘But that’s not what I . . . . Continue Reading »
The other day Joe Carter linked to a BBC item about a debate that was held in Philadelphia, on the question whether the Declaration of Independence was “illegal.” Evidently there were legal scholars on both sides, the British arguing that the Declaration (hence the American . . . . Continue Reading »
i put this in the standard, and some have already been calling 911. It is analysis, not advocacy . . . . If, as most pundits now believe, Mitt Romney has the inside track for the Republican nomination, he is the first GOP candidate in more than a generation not to be syntactically challenged. Just . . . . Continue Reading »
The high-tech parents from Silicon Valley are now sending their kids to a school that sells itself as computer-free. Why? Such technology is a distraction, turning attention away from reading, writing, numbers, talking, and thinking. The buzz word in education is now ENGAGEMENT. My experience is . . . . Continue Reading »
This is appalling. A posthumous biography of Steve Jobs is out and it reveals that he had a relatively slow growing pancreatic cancer—and rather than having immediate surgery and standardized treatment, he tried instead to cure himself with a vegan diet and other similar nonsense! . . . . Continue Reading »
So Ron Paul has released his plan to cut one trillion from the budget and balance the budget in three years. Well, I don’t like it. Here is a nonexhaustive list of reasons why, 1. Ron Paul cuts 2013 Medicaid spending to a level 30% lower than the Ryan budget (and . . . . Continue Reading »
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