Does the grousing never end? Here the Big Biotech/Government Complex worked years to get the minor Bush funding restrictions removed, and still they are not happy. From the story:Critics charged that the existing lines had many limitations and that the funding restrictions severely hindered the . . . . Continue Reading »
In 1915, Canadian medical officer John McCrae published what has become one of the most popular poems from the First World War, “In Flanders Fields” : In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to Nathaniel for sending me this, a neat overview of master filmmaker Orson Welles’ career —with an eye toward his spiritual sympathies. “I try to be a Christian. [But] I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God.” In fact, prayer was almost as uncomfortable subject for . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, the bugs we knew would appear have infested the basement. Commenting right now doesn’t work. I had trouble uploading a photo to go with the last post. And so far, the comments from the Blogger version of SHS have not transported here. But these things will all work themselves out.The . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, the moving van has come and SHS is now ensconced in our new home at First Things. We still have a little unpacking to do. There will be a few bugs for a few days before everything is back to normal. But I am looking forward to an engaging experience.For new readers: Welcome. The first question . . . . Continue Reading »
The transition of SHS to the First Things family of blogs will soon be upon us. To see what it will look like, you can go to FT’s new home page—still only partially constructed—and then hit the blogs link. Secondhand Smoke will appear. Hit that link, and you will find me, or . . . . Continue Reading »
Calling global warming, “our era’s cholera,” a UK greenie named Muir Gray is urging doctors to get involved in stopping climate change (as if they don’t already have enough to do). From the column:Climate change will hit the poorest nations hardest, but it will affect us too. . . . . Continue Reading »
There is nothing these days that can be safely considered permanently beyond the pale, unthinkable, flat-out undoable — and that apparently now includes cutting off healthy limbs of patients with a mental illness called body integrity identity disorder, or BIID. BIID sufferers obsessively . . . . Continue Reading »
The Obama administration’s hopes for a diplomatic settlement in which Iran would give up nuclear weapons in return for a greater regional role, including a sphere of influence of sorts in Iraq and a presence in Afghanistan, seem to be flaking apart. A New York Times op-ed this morning by . . . . Continue Reading »
Well this is ironic: People with Down syndrome—against whom a concerted pogrom is being waged to wipe off the face of the earth via genetic testing and eugenic abortion or infanticide—may hold the key to an effective treatment for cancer. From the story: Scientists may have solved the . . . . Continue Reading »
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