Stephen Greenspan is a psychologist who specializes in gullibility at the University of Connecticut, wrote an article this week using his expertise to understand why so many people—himself included—fell for Bernie Madoff’s chicanery. After a fascinating historical and psychological . . . . Continue Reading »
And here I was thinking that I was the only one: . . . . Continue Reading »
You must have seen the headlines this week. “Virginity Pledges Don’t Stop Teen Sex.” “Premarital Abstinence Pledges Ineffective, Study Finds.” Or how about this one: “Virginity Pledges Fail to Trump Teen Lust in Look at Older Data.” But William McGurn at . . . . Continue Reading »
The op-ed page of the Washington Post is like Forest Gump’s box of chocolates—you never know what you’re gonna get—and the final day of 2008 was no exception. In ” Darkness in Qassam-Land ,” by Julia Chaitin, a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Work at . . . . Continue Reading »
I gave a speech on Sunday hitting on the threats to human exceptionalism. I brought up my concern about deep ecology’s call to reduce humankind to under 1 billion, as well as Spain passing the Great Ape Project, Switzerland’s “plant dignity,” and Ecuador’s granting . . . . Continue Reading »
Ah, our friend Doug Kmiec has recently been revealed to have given yet more examples of the pattern that made him famous during the Obama campaign. The law professor David Kopel points out that, in the Heller gun-control case, Kmiec signed the February 2008 amicus brief by “Former Senior . . . . Continue Reading »
Haleigh Poutre, the little girl almost dehydrated to death by the State of Massachusetts because she had a severe brain injury, has lived to see her step-father/abuser, Jason Strickland, jailed for twelve-fifteen years. From the story:A judge sentenced the stepfather of Haleigh Poutre yesterday to . . . . Continue Reading »
Rumors are flying this afternoon that CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta will be named Surgeon General under the upcoming Obama administration. In a recent news report for CNN, Dr. Gupta openly criticized the expansion of conscience clauses for health care workers by the . . . . Continue Reading »
I ran this cartoon yesterday in an edition of SHS Funnies. But it is apt here, and not in a humorous vein. Tragically, it isn’t healthy to go to the hospital under the NHS. In the last two years—think about how short a time that is—hospital-caused deaths are up a whopping 60%. From . . . . Continue Reading »
Wisdom teeth are a rich source of stem cells, and apparently they can be used to grow teeth on demand. From the story:As long as there are hockey players, there will be niche markets for false teeth. But the real news about the future of dentures is that there isn’t much of one.Toothlessness . . . . Continue Reading »
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