Can The Government Afford To Do Drug Research?
Americans have had it good.Drug companies have consistently produced new products that have done terrific things, but they are hated by much of the public, to such an extent that marijuana advocates have not only invented medical benefits for cannabis, they think Mexican drug cartels are more ethical than Merck. We only have no issue with the the reality that drug companies are going to be sued at some point no matter how well the products work.
Then there is the political grandstanding of politicians and an increasingly hostile regulatory environment.
EPA Scales Back Its Flawed Ethanol Mandate
Throughout the 1990s, environmentalists insisted that ethanol was the wave of our energy future. Vice-President Al Gore even famously broke a tie in the Senate to allow the Environmental Protection Agency to push its use.What Do Climate Scientists And Republicans Agree On? Nuclear Power
In the first decade of the 21st century, blogging really took off. In America, it was embraced by the technologically progressive left and therefore immediately exploited as a marketing tool against the right.Organic Food Shoppers – Part Of The .01 Percent
Talking about "the 1 percent" has become a popular pastime, though usually the person doing the talking means someone else - outside TV commercials no one ever cops to being The Man.(1) Protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement meant it about rich, which investment bankers, for example, so they dutifully ignored the opulent wealth of Kanye West and his $355 t-shirt, Balmain jeans, Givenchy plaid and gold chains when he visited to show support for their cause.While he buys t-shirts to wear for $355 he only sells his own brand to young fans for $120 each. See? He is such a giver and therefore not part of the 1 percent.
End US Nationalism And Let Foreign-Born PhDs Stay
In the 1990s, the US administration decided the best way to protect wages for American workers was by making it very difficult for those pesky foreign science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) graduates living here to get work visas. Student visas remained easy to get, it was okay to spend money to live in the US, but getting paid was a no-no.
End US Nationalism And Let Foreign-Born PhDs Stay
In the 1990s, the US administration decided the best way to protect wages for American workers was by making it very difficult for those pesky foreign science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) graduates living here to get work visas. Student visas remained easy to get, it was okay to spend money to live in the US, but getting paid was a no-no.
Men Will Ride Bikes If Women Do – And Women Will If Helmets Are Invisible
If you want more people to ride bikes and save the environment and stop obesity and all that stuff, spending a bunch of money on annoying bikes that just enrage your population (that means you, New York City) is not the answer – as always, women are the answer. Men will ride bikes if women […]The Gluten-Free Fad Is Dangerous – So Is The Backlash
In the summer of 2012 I wrote Celiac: The Trendy Disease For Rich White People, which annoyed a few people with celiac disease but a whole bunch of people who had latched onto a fad and craved medical or scientific legitimacy in doing so.Shellfish Anaphylaxis Won’t Be The Next Big Fad Allergy In Kids
Anaphylaxis is a severe, sometimes life-threatening allergic reaction. After being exposed to a substance, sometimes even for the first time, the body releases histamine, allergen fighting antibody immunoglobulin E and other substances, which can cause airways to tighten and other symptoms.
Anaphylaxis has occurred, and been known about, basically forever. Charles Richet coined the modern term and got a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1913 for his work.