We’re all tired of this topic, and unless I hear something especially goofy from the peanut gallery, this will be my last word on this subject (for the time being, anyway). We […]
More on mammograms
Emotions, as they say, run high, especially about “health.” There is a great deal of superfluous, extraneous, and irrelevant discussion taking place with regard to the new mammogram guidelines. Yesterday, many organizations […]
Can you do these math problems? If not, you can still go to college
Here are four problems, published by the New York Daily News, that high school graduates attempted as they entered the City University of New York (CUNY) system. The percents are those who […]
Vacuous Verisimilitude; Or, V has arrived
How did this show get past the ABC censors? How did the folks in Hollywood—good Progressives, all—let this program sneak onto the air? Were movie studio heads so distracted by attending yet […]
Secret House health care provision
Rumor has it that Nancy Pelosi slipped in an addendum to the massive House health bill that calls for government-paid access to cosmetic surgery for female congress members with low self esteem. […]
England, Where Everybody’s a Paedophile
Potentially. Everybody’s a paedophile potentially. That slogan has been adopted lustily in Merrie Olde England. The beauty of it, as I have often maintained, is that it is a true statement. It […]
F train Blues, Michael Palin is proud, and some misuses of statistics
Just back from my trip. I’ll go through the comments from last week’s posts later today and catch up. Meanwhile, here are a few interesting stories. That F’ing train! You’ve heard me […]
Podcast Radio Show – Episode #3: Call the Health Police!
[podcast]https://www.wmbriggs.com/audio/wmbriggs_com_07oct2009_0003.mp3[/podcast] On today’s episode: What is health? Herr Mencken, the Sage of Baltimore: “a degree of adaptation to the organism’s environment so nearly complete that there is no irritation.” Health insurance is […]
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