Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Yesterday, I read that the British health care and ambulance services had been devastated by New Year’s drunkenness, a self-inflicted illness for which I, as a tee-totaller, have little sympathy. If you vomit because you got blitzed, serves you right. Today, however, I read something that caused me to feel
Continue readingBritain’s ailing national health care system continues to try to heal itself, usually at patient’s expense. I don’t know about you, but this proposal doesn’t strike me as something that’s going to result in improved health care: Millions of people with arthritis, asthma and even heart failure will be urged
Continue readingI won’t quibble with the need to distribute health care more evenly across America. I will fight, though, against putting health care in the government’s hands. Think of the DMV, think of airport security, think of the IRS, think of any interaction you’ve had with a government entity that has
Continue readingOn what do I base the prediction in the title of this post? On this story: California’s Assembly on Monday approved Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan for universal health insurance, as overhauling health care grows as a prominent issue in the 2008 presidential election. The compromise legislation, which passed by a
Continue readingNowadays, when we use the phrase “killer shoes” we mean either that they look fantastic or, perhaps, that they make our feet hurt. In the old days, though, pre-antibiotic, killer shoes really killed, as I discovered from this old 1898 case: In the latter part of August, 1895, while this
Continue readingBe fat and die has been the mantra for decades now. The scientists had figured out the direct correlation between that excess avoirdupois and death. Except it turns out it’s not that simple: Being overweight boosts the risk of dying from diabetes and kidney disease but not cancer or heart
Continue readingBefore 9/11, when the Taliban were still a concern to people of all good will, I remember seeing news reports and hearing stories about the horrors of life for women under the Taliban. They were, quite literally, trapped in their homes, unable to go out even fully covered. A logical
Continue readingI’m about to write something provocative, so feel free to beat me up on it, provided that you do so politely. It’s about the increasing prevalence of Asbergers diagnoses amongst children. Asbergers is a rather amorphous condition, although it’s considered to be part of the Autism spectrum. Here’s the definition
Continue readingI won’t add anything here, since I think you can draw your own conclusions: Record numbers of Britons are flying abroad for medical treatment to escape NHS waiting lists and the rising threat of hospital superbugs. More than 70,000 Britons will have treatment abroad this year, a figure that is
Continue readingYes, it’s been a quiet blogging day for me. It’s a combination of work and mental stultification. Nevertheless, I was intrigued by this article describing how dreadfully ill the British are: Britain has been branded “the sick man of Europe” after a Government report revealed a nation blighted by record
Continue readingSomething, of course, is inevitably going to get me at the end, but it’s probably not going to be Alzheimers. A few years ago, the Nun Study established that people who wrote complicated sentences as parts of complicated essays were less likely to get Alzheimers. As those who read my
Continue readingAfter pointing out Hillary’s draconian get insurance or be unemployable, Steyn analyzes the numbers of uninsured: Nobody really knows how many “uninsured” there are: Two different Census Bureau surveys conducted in the same year identify the number of uninsured as A) 45 million or B) 19 million. The first figure
Continue readingDrudge proves himself to be a good sport by linking to a Joe Klein post at Time Magazine’s website, in which Klein savages Drudge. Drudge is probably more than a good sport, though. He’s smart, too, because all that the post does is make Klein look like an idiot. Here
Continue readingSince I never watch or read advertisements, I’ve been very out of the loop about the new breed of energy drinks flooding the market. Even those in the loop — that is, those aware of their existence — may not be aware of just how dangerous they are. Laer, at
Continue readingI have a wonderful recipe for an egg and spinach dish, although the rest of the family is less enthusiastic about it than I am. From now on, though, I can say say “Tough! It’s a health food.”
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