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From the perspective of drug warriors, the criminal laws against drug possession are all that protect Americans from a deluge of drugs, an orgy of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine use that would kill children, destroy productivity and basically leave America a smoking hulk of wasteland populated by brain-dead zombies.
Parenting today is nothing like it was a generation ago. In terms of baby gear and safety recommendations, it’s even different than it was a few years ago.
We’ve seen the videos of screaming young children being subjected to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) aggressive new pat-downs.
In July 2010, following an Associated Press (AP) investigation, McDonald’s recalled a line of promotional Shrek-themed glasses because of concerns that the enamel used in their designs contained cadmium, a heavy metal and known carcinogen. Now, according to ongoing investigations by the AP, many other novelty glasses sold throughout the country still contain unsafe levels [...]
Your mom wasn’t lying about those veggies. A new study released by the Archives of Internal Medicine reveals that people with high blood levels of the antioxidant alpha-carotene — found in a variety of vegetables — were less likely to die during a 14-year longitudinal study, compared with people with low levels of the carotenoid.
I haven’t actually been to an airport since the new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening policies were rolled out. But it still seems pretty clear to me that the public’s fear and outrage over airport “strip-search” scanners is a tad overwrought.
Percentage of premium dollars that must be spent on the care of patients in individual and small-group health plans, as part of the Obama administration's health overhaul released on Nov. 22, which includes a regulation of minimum medical-spending requirements [via Wall Street Journal]
For only the second time, the Food and Drug Administration approved a company’s request to test an embryonic stem cell-based therapy on human patients.
To paraphrase Tony Bennett, I left my shmuck in San Francisco. Or, at least the tip of it.
—POPE BENEDICT XVI, acknowledging that the conscious use of condoms by male prostitutes to help stop the spread of AIDS may be justified; the comment is considered the first exception to the Vatican's ban on contraception [via New York Times]
