Is The CDC Age Rationing the Swine Flu Vaccine?
by Wesley J. SmithThe CDC’s guidelines for giving priority to the in-short-supply H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine puts people age 65 and older at the end of the line. The CDC seems to have a cogent reason for putting seniors last: They appear to be less susceptible to swine flu infection than younger . . . . Continue Reading »
Is the Swine Flu Vaccination Being Age Rationed?
by Wesley J. SmithThe CDC has published practice guidelines for giving inoculations for the H1N1 (swine) flu. Because there is not enough vaccine to immediately inoculate everyone, priority is being given to the following categories of younger people (and health care workers). From the CDC . . . . Continue Reading »
He Died The Greater Hero
by Keith PavlischekHere’s selections from a beautiful eulogy in the Washington Post authored by Ashley Halsey III and appropriately titled, ” A Heroic Death, Without the Headlines .” The hero is Captain Matthew Freeman, USMC, who was killed in action—leading from the front—in Afghanistan: . . . . Continue Reading »
NHS Meltdown: Women and the Elderly Less Likely To Receive Heart Attack Drugs
by Wesley J. SmithMedical care in the UK keeps getting worse. Now, it turns out that thousands of heart attack victims received less than optimal treatment to prevent another infarction. From the story:Thousands of women and older people who suffer heart attacks are dying unnecessarily because they are not being . . . . Continue Reading »
Obamacare: NYT Softball Q and A With Daschle Shows Media Bias
by Wesley J. SmithThe NYT is flexing every one of its muscles to help pass Obamacare. The latest example is a softball Q and A from the always biased Deborah Solomon in the Magazine of Tom Daschle. From the interview:Q:...do you get the sense that the Republicans have dropped out of the health care debate? That . . . . Continue Reading »
Back-To-School Tip #1
by Sally ThomasHow to Get an A+ on a Religion QuizNow, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “I can’t possibly do all these things! Which is more important: bringing home the textbook, or buying the peppermint-scented tissues?” And, “On a mulitple-choice test, the answer . . . . Continue Reading »
My Glenn Beck Conspiracy Theory
by Joe Carter[caption id=”attachment_7287” align=”alignright” width=”150” caption=”The cover of Beck's latest book “] [/caption] The late film critic Pauline Kael is often quoted as having said, in the wake of Richard Nixon’s landslide victory in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Objectivism and Original Sin
by Paul ZummoI’ve been interested in the reaction to my review of Atlas Shrugged which Chris Blosser linked to here . First of all, it might be the only thing I’ve ever written that has united both right-wingers and left-wingers (and everybody in between). Clearly, almost everyone dislikes Ayn Rand. . . . . Continue Reading »
Newton and Bacon
by Will WilsonMy rabid pro-Leibniz partisanship notwithstanding, I have to give kudos to Thomas Levenson for his article on the faith of Isaac Newton over at Killing the Buddha. The article closes with a somber reminder: Hence the pathos, the danger that I think Newton himself glimpsed. There is a serious . . . . Continue Reading »
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