Dr Lynn Owens, a lecturer in broadcast and electronic news at the University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism, was driving home Tuesday evening when she felt something moving on her foot. She looked down and saw a … Continue reading
This four-part video series is one of the best and most balanced overviews I’ve seen about firearms in the United States from the standpoint of healthcare. It was created by Indiana pediatrician and medical school professor Dr Aaron Carroll, whose … Continue reading
You may recently have heard about the suffering caused by cholera, an infectious disease that can kill anyone but as with most infectious diseases is deadliest to the the youngest and the oldest. There’s an epidemic of it in Yemen, … Continue reading
College courses in logic traditionally spend some time talking about fallacies, often identifying them by nifty-sounding Latin names. For example, an argumentum ad hominem (literally an argument “to the person”), is attack on another person’s character rather than a response … Continue reading
Glove & Boots is a YouTube channel featuring couple of puppets. Awhile back they spun off a gaming channel (called Glove & Boots Gaming, cleverly enough) where you can watch them play various video games and comment on them, often … Continue reading
When I worked in television in the early 1980s there were rules limiting how many television stations could be owned by a single company, both nationwide and in a single market. I thought this was a good idea at the … Continue reading
Pediatrician and medical school professor Dr Sean Carroll explains how expanding drug treatment efforts could reduce crime and save money, not to mention saving lives: Link: https://youtu.be/ATaSk7NzXLc by … Continue reading
An article by Geoffrey Supran and Naomi Oreskes just published in Environmental Research Letters concludes that “ExxonMobil contributed to advancing climate science — by way of its scientists’ academic publications — but promoted doubt about it in advertorials. Given this … Continue reading
Near Nashville Tennessee just off I-65 one can see what may be the single most bizarre and unintentionally hilarious statue in the world, supposedly depicting Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Reportedly made of injection-molded fiberglass possibly covered with foil (though … Continue reading
I’m a huge fan of Gwyneth Paltrow and have been since Shakespeare in Love. She’s one of the best things about the Iron Man movies, for just one other obvious example. She’s a good actor with remarkable screen presence, and … Continue reading