The Drudge Report is highlighting this address that President Bush gave yesterday . A taste: Declaring the age of paternalism over, President Bush said Thursday the United States demands clear results for the billions of taxpayer dollars it sends to Africa. He accused other nations of exploiting . . . . Continue Reading »
Piraro believes in animal rights. But so what? He’s also funny. Have a . . . . Continue Reading »
A good concordance will help with references to bees in the Church Fathers, but it’s hard to work on the topic of bees without mentioning the Reverend Jonathan Swift, who (in the 1704 Battle of the Books ) gave the classic metaphorical use, the phrasing of which survives in English to this . . . . Continue Reading »
Every day it gets worse. Now, stroke victims are not being treated properly. From the story:Thousands of stroke victims die every year because they are not given life-saving drugs swiftly enough. Almost a third of stroke patients die within one month, a figure that could be cut if clot-fighting . . . . Continue Reading »
As I alluded to earlier this week, research into ISPCs are advancing in the animal models. From the story: Stem cells are considered a potential magic bullet cure for a host of diseases because they can be transformed into nearly any cell in the body and used to help replace damaged or diseased . . . . Continue Reading »
I can’t remember how it happened exactly, but yesterday I decided to write an essay about bees—bees in the history of Christian culture, to be more specific. Modern preachers rarely mention them, but Origen, John Chrysostom, Lactantius, Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Augustine all spoke about . . . . Continue Reading »
Their stats are undeniable, but their character has called into question their eligibility for the ultimate honor the baseball community can bestow: a place in Cooperstown. Barry Bonds, Pete Rose, Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, even Shoeless Joe Jackson—all have their defenders and their . . . . Continue Reading »
I just received word that Javona Peters has passed away. It is my understanding that, to their credit, both parents who are estranged, never got to the place where they fought in court over removing her feeding tube, but instead cooperated in medical decision making. This may not assuage their grief . . . . Continue Reading »
The other day, to the consternation of some, I discussed my opposition to “off label” prescribing, meaning when a drug is approved for use to treat one malady, it is prescribed for a different one even though the medication was not specifically tested for that circumstance. To me, off . . . . Continue Reading »
Rush’s four (count em) Mac Pros went kaflooey with Leopard . And so he is weighing whether to appeal to Steve Jobs personally to do something about it, now that the latest Leopard update has proved to be a disappointment. In the end, Rush knows that he’d probably only make things worse, . . . . Continue Reading »
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