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Read MoreTrump's return to the White House augurs the 'apokalypsis' of the ancien regime's secrets [...]
In the wake of Donald Trump's victory last November, Matthew Yglesias published a manifesto imploring the Democratic Party to reembrace "common sense." [...]
The end of Facebook's censorship regime signifies more than a desire to stay in the political mainstream. It's a seminal victory for free speech. [...]
Presidents whom most voters view as failures, justifiably or not, have frequently shaped American politics long after they leave office-notably, by paving the way for presidencies considered much more successful and consequential. As President Joe Biden nears his final days in office, his uneasy term presents Democrats with some uncomfortable parallels to their experience with Jimmy Carter, whose state funeral takes place this week in Washington, D.C. [...]
Many Latinos praised President Joe Biden this week for affirming Edmundo Gonzales as Venezuela's rightful leader. It was a powerful symbol of support against Nicolas Maduro's corruption and persecution of political opponents. [...]
The Democratic Party's top two congressional leaders - both New Yorkers - agree: The party lost big in the election over voters' economic fears and must now overhaul its pocketbook messaging to win again. [...]
The city slashed fire and other basic services after she awarded fat contracts to government workers. [...]
In Pacific Palisades, the flames turned a vibrant suburban paradise into a monochromatic hell. The civic reckoning has already begun. [...]
For more than a decade, the media, Democrats, and Hollywood have told us that Western civilization in general and the United States in particular are white supremacist, genocidal, and unsustainable. [...]
Johnson's tenure in the State Capitol showed she was more interested in policy and leadership than in spending time in front of a cable news green screen. [...]
The return of Donald Trump to the White House must be understood in the context of a broader rejection of expert rule by the American people. [...]
Justin Trudeau got himself into a fine mess, but the incoming Trump administration may be overestimating how pliable the next prime minister might be. [...]
The war has shown the limits of Western security guarantees. [...]
Carter summoned Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat to Camp David to make peace, not apartheid, in the Middle East. But the Israeli president broke his promise to freeze settlements. [...]
Freeman hinted on Thursday night that the Fighting Irish's path to the college football championship was not easy or skin-deep. [...]
Upon the hills in LA where dreams are sown every day,The fiery winds have fiercely blown.Torn so many from their home.A golden land, now wreathed in flame,Which government is to blame.Where whispers c [...]
Sudanese paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo said Saturday his Rapid Support Forces had "lost" key Al-Jazira state capital Wad Madani, as the military and allied armed groups entered the city after more than a year of paramilitary control.Government officials loyal to the army have hailed the recapture of the city, which RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo vowed to regain."Today we lost a round, we did not lose the battle", Daglo said in an audio address Saturday evening, promising "victory" to his troops. [...]
Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese head of government to Damascus since the civil war started in 2011.Prime Minister Najib Mikati's trip came after Islamist-led rebels seized Damascus last month, bringing an end to the rule of Bashar al-Assad.Previous Lebanese governments refrained from visits to Syria amid tensions at home over militant group Hezbollah's support for Assad during the conflict. [...]
Belgian Guillaume de Mevius claimed stage six behind the wheel of a Mini as the Dakar Rally resumed on Saturday after a rest day.Defending bike champion Ricky Brabec took the honours on two wheels, the Honda rider coming in ahead of Adrien Van Beveren and Jose Ignacio Cornejo after the 605km special from Hail to Al Duwadimi.It was a good day for the Mini team with De Mevius followed home by his Portuguese teammate Joao Ferreira, with five-time champion Nasser Al-Attiyah in third. [...]
The fall of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa, pushing it to focus on Libya as a potential foothold, experts say.Russia runs a military port and an air base on the Syrian coast, designed to facilitate its operations in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa, especially the Sahel, Sudan, and the Central African Republic.However, this model is in jeopardy with the abrupt departure of the Syrian ruler. [...]
Amid its diminishing regional influence, Iran's Revolutionary Guards is setting up new missile centers to project power, aiming to deter Israeli strikes while risking further regional escalation. [...]
Amid its diminishing regional influence, Iran's Revolutionary Guards is setting up new missile centers to project power, aiming to deter Israeli strikes while risking further regional escalation. [...]
Amid its diminishing regional influence, Iran's Revolutionary Guards is setting up new missile centers to project power, aiming to deter Israeli strikes while risking further regional escalation. [...]
Amid its diminishing regional influence, Iran's Revolutionary Guards is setting up new missile centers to project power, aiming to deter Israeli strikes while risking further regional escalation. [...]
With top general’s election, the United States and Saudi Arabia aim to draw Lebanon further from Iran. To do that, a new government has to convince Hezbollah that their days of armed resistance are over. [...]
With top general’s election, the United States and Saudi Arabia aim to draw Lebanon further from Iran. To do that, a new government has to convince Hezbollah that their days of armed resistance are over. [...]
With top general’s election, the United States and Saudi Arabia aim to draw Lebanon further from Iran. To do that, a new government has to convince Hezbollah that their days of armed resistance are over. [...]
With top general’s election, the United States and Saudi Arabia aim to draw Lebanon further from Iran. To do that, a new government has to convince Hezbollah that their days of armed resistance are over. [...]
In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new authorities comb their districts for "remnants of the regime", arresting hundreds.In central Homs, the marketplace buzzes with people buying fruit and vegetables from vendors in bombed-out buildings riddled with bullet holes.But at the entrance to areas where the city's Alawite minority lives, armed men in fatigues have set up roadblocks and checkpoints. [...]
Israel struck Huthi targets in Yemen on Friday, including a power station and coastal ports, in response to missile and drone launches, as it warned it would hunt down the group's leaders.Since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023, the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group has fired dozens of missiles and drones at Israel in what it says is a show of solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.Israel's latest strikes came after the military intercepted two drones believed to have been launched from Yemen on Thursday. [...]
Turkey is allowing one adult per Syrian family to return after visiting their homeland, but experts warn that easing restrictions may not lead to significant refugee returns amid ongoing uncertainties in Syria. [...]
Turkey is allowing one adult per Syrian family to return after visiting their homeland, but experts warn that easing restrictions may not lead to significant refugee returns amid ongoing uncertainties in Syria. [...]
Turkey is allowing one adult per Syrian family to return after visiting their homeland, but experts warn that easing restrictions may not lead to significant refugee returns amid ongoing uncertainties in Syria. [...]
Turkey is allowing one adult per Syrian family to return after visiting their homeland, but experts warn that easing restrictions may not lead to significant refugee returns amid ongoing uncertainties in Syria. [...]
Najib Mikati’s visit, the first in 15 years, comes amid pressure in Lebanon to release Islamists imprisoned during the civil war and just after the election of President Joseph Aoun. [...]
Najib Mikati’s visit, the first in 15 years, comes amid pressure in Lebanon to release Islamists imprisoned during the civil war and just after the election of President Joseph Aoun. [...]
Stephen Kirchner, Institutional Economics Finding out they really are who we thought they were [...]
Pat O'Hare, Briefing.com The fourth quarter reporting period is the reporting period that feels like it never ends. That is because year-end accounting is enmeshed with the quarterly reports. [...]
Joe Rogan, The Joe Rogan Experience Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. [...]
Theara Coleman, The Week Zuckerberg is abandoning fact-checkers to embrace "free speech," a familiar refrain for Trump's cohort [...]
John Tamny, RCM Adam Smith's observation that "the sole use of money is to circulate consumable goods" cannot be repeated enough. It explains so much, and in particular it explains why world [...]
Eli Tan, New York Times The social media app is likely to disappear from the app stores of Google and Apple right away. But it's unclear if users will completely lose access. [...]
David Bahnsen, National Review Online Podcast Episode · Capital Record · 01/07/2025 · 19m [...]
Christian Schneider, MSNBC I'm an anti-Trump fiscal conservative — and I'd love to see anyone in MAGA world actually cut spending. [...]
Michael Toth, Civitas Institute If business leaders really want to supercharge U.S. productivity, they should ask themselves what they can do to shake their home states from bureaucratic [...]
Patrick Brown, City Journal A climate scientist explains the causes and offers potential ways to reduce future risk. [...]
Nancy Schlossberg, USA TODAY Retirement can be disorienting but there are ways to navigate it and be gratified. [...]
Maryalene LaPonsie, U.S. News Some people haven't received all their Social Security benefits, even though they paid into the system. A new law changes that. [...]
Roben Farzad, BusinessWeek September is that cruelest month for the stock market. It's the only month that has dropped on average since the Roaring Twenties. Come Monday night, when Wall [...]
Donald Lambro, Washington Times Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has to do two things really well at his convention: Lay out in dramatic terms how bad the Obama economy is and [...]
Carla Fried, CNNMoney Income-starved investors looking to amp up their portfolios have been turning to foreign bonds -- for obvious reasons. The 4.2% payout on the average foreign [...]
Ezra Klein, WonkBlog I see that the Republican convention will feature a debt clock ticking away behind the speakers. It will also, as I understand it, consist entirely of speakers who [...]
R. Ponnuru, Bloomberg While the Romney and Obama camps have made increasingly bitter accusations about each otherâ??s plans for Medicare, a bipartisan consensus on entitlements has emerged [...]
Rick Newman, US News By now, everybody knows what's wrong with the economy: There aren't enough jobs, Europe is stuck in a financial quagmire and Washington is playing chicken with tax and [...]
Doug Schoen, Forbes It's a testament to how bad the American employment market has gotten that the most recent jobs report was met with applause. The Labor Department's July jobs figures [...]
Jason Ma, IBD Corporations are scaling back investment, hiring and inventories ahead of steep year-end tax hikes and spending cuts, the most concrete sign to date that uncertainty over the [...]
When you picture a passenger jet, whether it’s designed for regional travel or to cross the ocean, odds are good that you’ll envision a standard design: a thin cabin and two wings. Carcinization has nothing on the design of large-scale flight, it turns out — even though smaller jets used for, say, military operations have […] The post Are We Thinking About Passenger Jet Design All Wrong? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Having a healthy gut biome isn’t just good for the way your body processes food — it’s also important for your overall health, full stop. An unhealthy gut can lead to wider health issues if left unchecked; it’s part of a more holistic approach to health and fitness that can make a big difference in […] The post For Gut Health, Scientists Recommend a Variety of Plant-Based Foods appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
As a resident of a neighborhood where there’s been a lot of new construction in the last 10 to 15 years, I can say with some certainty that that process comes with some side effects — not the least of which is the sound that comes from construction crews assembling buildings of all shapes and […] The post Norway Has Figured Out How to Make Construction Much Quieter appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
In 2016, when taking stock of cruise ship vacations available to interested travelers, The Guardian observed that the cruise ship operator Azamara “prides itself on getting under the skin of the destinations it visits.” Precisely how deeply can you get under that (metaphorical) skin over the course of 188 nights on the high seas? Come […] The post Would You Spend Over Half the Year on a Cruise? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Issuing recalls on particular makes and models is something virtually every automaker experiences. For Tesla, many of their recent recall announcements have been able to be rectified by a software update. It’s not ideal, but it’s also a lot less painless for drivers than having to bring a car in to have a piece of […] The post For Some Drivers, Tesla’s Latest Recall Goes Beyond a Simple Software Update appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Each week, our inbox runneth over with news of gear, apparel and tech releases from around the world. In this feature, we’ll parse through the best of it. Today: A collaboration between Sperry and Huckberry drops, Leica releases their Cine line in collaboration with USM and Eighteen East graces us with a new knit. We've […] The post Products of the Week: Loafers, Leicas and Knit Sweaters appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Considering what’s been going on elsewhere in the country this week, we’ve had it pretty good here in New York, and I’m fortunate to be able to say that the biggest inconvenience the world has thrown at me is a few consecutive days of wind chill factors in the single digits. This recent cold streak, […] The post From Our EIC: It’s Freezing, And I Look Like an Idiot in Winter Hats appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Last year, three broadcasting giants announced plans for a joint venture that looked poised to reshape the sports streaming world; Venu Sports would have combined programming from ESPN, Fox Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery. The logic behind this wasn’t hard to see, with streaming services like Netflix expanding into sports themselves. But the first week […] The post Venu Sports Called Off in Wake of Disney-FuboTV Deal appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
People like yourself might not have all day to online shop…which is why we’re committed to doing it for you every week. No need to thank us or anything. From rugged overshirts to the best price we’ve seen on AirTags, these are the best deals we’ve found on the internet this week. The Best Deals […] The post From Sherpas to Nikes: The 19 Best Deals on the Internet This Week appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
When you’re buying a classic car, who can you trust to give you the unvarnished truth? Not the seller, auction house or potential Craigslist scammer. What you need is someone who actually has the car you want, which is why we started What I Wish I Knew, an automotive series in which we interview owners […] The post What I Wish I Knew Before I Bought a Chevy K5 Blazer appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
The more you travel, the truer it is that you gotta savor the good stuff, the smallest of wins, because you’re taking plenty of losses out there on the road these days. The modern travel experience is filled with dreariness and doldrums, and therefore it’s imperative that you relish the unexpected pleasures wherever and however […] The post The Most Underrated Travel Joys in the World appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
It took me years to become a morning workout person. For most of my early 20s, I went to the gym in the evening, usually after dinner, from 8 to 9 p.m. I never thought of it as a perfect system, but I managed to get four workouts in a week, and at least two of […] The post How to Become a Morning Workout Person, in 9 Easy Steps appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
This is How I Work, a series where founders, CEOs and leaders share the essentials that help them do what they do, from their morning routines to productivity tools. There you are in the liquor store, or the grocery store, or the Target. Maybe it’s Dry January or Sober October. You’re facing down a wall […] The post How I Work: John Walker’s Formula for Building Athletic Brewing Into an NA Giant appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
In partnership with Monster Energy A little while back, a Navy SEAL schooled your pals at InsideHook on the philosophy of “eating the elephant one bite at a time” — in short, the idea is that daunting tasks, when broken down into manageable pieces, can be accomplished much more easily. For example: if you were to […] The post The Fully Optimized Day appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Nine years ago, Hyatt announced its Hyatt Centric line of hotels, a group of destinations targeting what president and CEO Mark Hoplamazian called “modern explorers.” In the years since, Centric locations have emerged from a mix of entirely new hotels and the rebranding of existing properties. This week, Hyatt Place Kathmandu officially became Hyatt Centric […] The post Hyatt Brings Centric Brand to Kathmandu Amid Nepal Tourism Boom appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Airbnb policies, generally speaking, do not favor guests. When it comes to canceling a reservation past a certain date, there are few accepted reasons that ultimately result in a full refund. In fact, just this past weekend, I saw a thread in which a guest detailed how a refund request was allegedly denied by Airbnb […] The post Airbnb Condemned for Initially Denying Refund During LA Wildfires appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
What we’re drinking: Acrónimo Sotol Blanco and Acrónimo Gin Where it’s from: Launched last fall, this Chihuahua, Mexico-based spirits brand is led by founder Alessandra Camino Creel (who’s only 32) and her brother Jose Luis. The spirits are made in cooperation with the Casa Ruelas Distillery, which has crafted sotol for more than five generations. […] The post Review: Acrónimo Wants to Make You a Sotol Convert appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
As the new year kicks off and your resolutions take shape, here’s one worth adding: take better care of your skin. It’s the perfect time to reevaluate your skincare lineup — figure out what stays, what goes and what could use an upgrade. If you’re already moisturizing, kudos! That’s a solid start. But the world […] The post 23 Skincare Upgrades to Refresh Your Medicine Cabinet appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Whether you’re practicing Dry January, Damp January or just want to know what the fuss is about non-alcoholic spirits, today is a good day to dive in. According to the drinks data service IWSR, the no-alcohol category is expected to deliver incremental growth of $4 billion in the next three years. While its share in […] The post The Best Non-Alcoholic Spirits for Dry January and Beyond appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Several boho-chic university towns are just as celebrated for their craft beverage scenes as they are for the educational and cultural offerings that generally accompany thriving college locales. Boulder, CO, Burlington, VT, and Austin, TX, are just a few small-to-medium-sized education centers that are populated with many places to imbibe thoughtful and artisanal beers, wines, […] The post The Best College Towns for Craft Beverages appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Michelle Aroney & David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Mag A new exhibition spotlights the ways in which cultures around the world have sought answers in the face of uncertainty [...]
Blake Stilwell, Military.com Navy veteran and engineer Charles Sanna didn't invent hot chocolate, but he changed the way Americans make it. [...]
Herbert Bix, Historytoday What did Hirohito really think of the Second World War? After his death, diaries and memoirs from the Shōwa emperor's court began to shed light on his role in the [...]
James Chappel, Time Retirement was a hard-won right for Americans, but we've stopped thinking about it together as a public good. [...]
Ronald Beaty, RealClearHistory In the annals of American history, territorial expansions have been pivotal moments, not merely for the acquisition of [...]
Leticia Jeeval Pala, The Conversation While the princess was often powerless, the snippets of evidence that we have about her present the life of a young woman with the resolve and tenacity [...]
Gillian Brockell, WaPo President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term. [...]
Tim Ott, HISTORY In the late 1920s, Edwin Hubble pointed a mountaintop telescope at distant clusters in the night sky, and made a startling observation. [...]
Mike Gooding, 13newsnow.com The DDG-145 will be the fifth warship to bear the Intrepid name. [...]
James P. Delgado, USNI The discovery of the wreck of the USS Stewart brings a long-sought denouement to a destroyer's story unique in the annals of the Pacific war. [...]
Greg McQuade, CBS 6 News Did you know Richmond played host to a brief chapter in the War for Independence? On Jan. 5, 1781, 800 British Soldiers raided Richmond by climbing onto Chimbarazo [...]
Annikka Olsen, Artnet News Produced in 1982, the work of land art has become a symbol of environmentalism and changing values. Today, it's still as relevant as ever. [...]
Michael Scanlon, SSRN This is a near-author's cut of an essay entitled "Odysseus Lost" that was published by Chronicles on January 26, 2024. The Chronicles version, which benefited f [...]
Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times An implicit question haunts this illuminating and richly detailed memoir by Michael G. Vickers, the senior intelligence official at the center of [...]
Sean Durns, Washington Examiner "Someday science may have the existence of mankind in its power," the American intellectual Henry Adams wrote in 1862, "and the human race commit suicide, [...]
Jonathan Jarry, McGill University Did Nazis love yoga? That is the provocative title of one chapter in the recently published book Conspirituality: How New Age [...]
Reuters History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new walkway on the ancient site on [...]
Hannah Osborne, Live Science A giant predator that lived 240 million years ago was decapitated with a single, brutal bite from a deadlier creature, scientists have said. [...]
Christine Chung, New York Times A submersible craft carrying five people in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday, setting off a search and [...]
Agence France-Presse MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove [...]
I'm a Steelers guy now but I was a late fan. Where I was young in Pennsylvania, three teams in New York and two in Pennsylvania were the same distance to drive - and we did not drive to any of them. So I remained a Cowboys fan.(1) My brother, though, was an Eagles fan of early on. And he's never wavered.Ants think that's the proper way to be. Eagle fans hold grudges and ants respect that, but there is no comparison between the level of grudge Philadelphia has against Michael Strahan or Terrell Owens or Kevin Allen or Jerome McDougle and what [...]
In early 2015, a small group of scientists and doctors noted that Dr. Mehmet Oz, famed TV physician and real-life surgeon at Columbia, was promoting so much quackery that the university should remove him from their ranks.The knives immediately came out among progressive journalists in corporate media. The doctors and scientists criticizing Oz were "corporate shills" and the nonprofits they were affiliated with were suspect and probably front groups for Big Tobacco and Monsanto and probably racist against Muslims.read more [...]
If you want to know where someone is most likely to steal your package, the short answer if you want to stop reading is Washington, DC. The nation's capitol. Infer from that what you will. The cost may be up to $12 billion each year.read more [...]
No one wants to diet, everyone wants a miracle pill, and that is why supplements are a $35 billion industry in America, despite being mostly placebos. Weight loss therapies, even those with side effects, are all the rage with thin culture - because they work.Still, who wouldn't want to stay thin without a shot in the butt?read more [...]
Senator Tom Coburn used to do an annual report of the most ridiculous abuses of taxpayer money and it always got attention because his Wastebook didn't care if the party behind it was Republican or Democrat, he was a towering figure in fiscal conservatism.You work hard for your money and he wanted you to know when government squandered it. A Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska or a 'study' of how college students use cellphones, none of it should have been using taxpayer funding, but those and many others were.read more [...]
Climate has always shifted but concerns about faster changes brought on by the modern world have led the authors of a new paper to worry that current high-volume sources of apples could lose their apex status to other areas.The paper in the pay-to-publish journal Environmental Research Letters analyzed over 40 years of climate conditions they correlate to the growth cycle, bud break to fruit, of apple trees. They sound the alarm that the largest apple-producing counties in the US (Yakima in Washington, Kent in Michigan and Wayne in New York) have already been impacted.read more [...]
Blood samples of pregnant women have detectable levels of chemicals and that 'chemical cocktail' may pose "neurotoxic risk", according to a paper published in Science whose senior author is strangely on the board of reviewing editors at Science.This "chemical cocktail" nomenclature has been popular among activists like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other environmental lawyers for decades, because it needs no science, it instead means science 'needs more testing', and there will never be enough testing.read more [...]
The Biden administration issued a report showing alcohol's causal link to cancer. Not just statistical woo, like epidemiologists "correlating" virtual pollution ({PM2.5) to things like insomnia and lower scores in first grade, or weedkillers to anything an environmental lawyer can dream up, serious evidence.read more [...]
During Christmas holidays I tend to indulge in online chess playing a bit too much, wasting several hours a day that could be used to get back on track with the gazillion research projects I am currently trying to keep pushing. But at times it gives me pleasure, when I conceive some good tactical sequence. Take the position below, from a 5' game on chess.com today. White has obtained a winning position, but can you win it with the clock ticking? (I have less than two minutes left for the rest of the game...)read more [...]
Cigarette smoking is in steady decline because the evidence became overwhelming that cigarette smoke causes cancer. It is not dumb epidemiology, like that 'organic food is linked to better grades in children' or 'virtual pollution may be why your income isn't higher' and whatever else the International Agency for Research on Cancer or National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is trying to scare the public about this month.Smoking, be it cigarettes or marijuana, is very bad.(1) Yet while while the federal government rightly joined us in criticizing cigarettes, they gave alcohol a free pass. read more [...]
A recent paper claims that even at low doses pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides are changing the behavior of insects.Though they are not able to show how it is happening, the authors use 'needs more testing' rhetoric to call on governments to ban chemicals until it is certain there is no unintended long-term ecological harm. If that sounds very Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., that's because he and other anti-science progressives have been saying it for decades.read more [...]
As part of my self-celebrations for XX years of blogging activities, I am reposting here (very) old articles I wrote over the years on topics ranging from Physics to Chess to anything in between. The post I am recycling today is one that describes for laymen a reason why it is interesting to continue going after the top quark, many years (10, at the time the article was written) after the discovery of that particle. The piece appeared in July 10, 2005 in my column at the Quantum Diaries blog (https://qd.typepad.com/6/2005/07/ok_so_i_promise.html).read more [...]
A whole lot of classic liberals have discovered how goofy their progressive cousins have been for 25 years. All it took for this sudden embrace of critical thinking was for a Republican to say 'maybe he is right on food and medicine' about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.read more [...]
Most of the country laughed when an expensive Los Angeles Times 'Foodie' event gave elites who paid up to $800 per ticket norovirus. Norovirus is gastroentitis, a 'stomach flu', sometimes called food poisoning, except related to bad hygiene rather than spoiled products. You see it a lot on cruise ships because so many people are in such a small area and it can be hard to kill using hand sanitizer because the lack of a lipid envelope means environmental stability. It can easily be prevented, though.Wash your hands, obviously after using the bathroom or before preparing food.read more [...]
A recent epidemiology paper links common weedkillers to prostate cancer and further claims four of them cause death. Obviously they can't show that, there is no plausible biological mechanism, no increase in prostate cancers, and no evidence any of the people who got prostate cancer had contact with the pesticides at all.read more [...]
In the fall of 2020, the contentious election saw progressives claiming the COVID-19 vaccine was rushed and that the Republican president was risking lives to help his Big Pharma buddies.They won the election and now blame Trump for everyone who died, they turned on epidemiology after a peer-reviewed paper claimed a well-known 'miracle drug' could work off-label for COVID-19 as well, and because the vaccines were rolled out when a Democrat was president, they took credit for it.read more [...]
The US Defense Intelligence Agency National Center for Medical Intelligence, America's first line of defense against medical threats, expressed concern about gain of function research at the Wuhan Lab.The Biden administration buried it. They were even prohibited from presenting the evidence in meetings, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.read more [...]
As part of my self-celebrations for having survived 20 years of blogging (the anniversary was a few days ago, see my previous post), I am re-posting a few representative, old articles I wrote in my column over the years. The selection will not be representative of the material I covered over all this time - that would be too tall an order. Rather, I will hand-pick a few pieces just to make a point or two about their content. read more [...]
GMOs had quietly been in use for decades when they became controversial - for saving a fruit in Hawaii that legacy techniques like breeding and chemicals had not.The Rainbow Papaya became a home run for genetic engineering, the first genetically rescued organism, and that made it a target for environmental groups who had ignored it when it was saving diabetics by creating insulin.Lawyers have not stopped campaigning against GMOs since, and are calling on all media allies to criticize Mexico for refusing to ban GMO corn, but while they fight the past, biotech may be winning another fight for the [...]
Anti-science activists are outraged that Mexican experts ruled against their government's publicity stunt claiming they would ban "GMOs" and the most popular weedkiller used by Mexican farmers.Some of it was just populism - Mexico buys $3 billion worth of GMO corn per year from the US and the way to encourage more domestic corn sales is to ban it in the use of things people want, like tortillas.read more [...]