The 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 »
The 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 »
Here’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 »
Medical 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 »
The 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 »
How 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 »
[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 »
I’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 »
My 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 »
Former President Clinton has urged the passage of Obamacare because failing to do so will hurt Democrats. From the story:Both [Al] Gore and Clinton urged the party faithful to back their congressmen to get health care reform passed this year. “We need to pass a bill this year. Doing nothing is . . . . Continue Reading »
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