2011 April

In 2008, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation began a five-year grant program designed to “promote innovative ideas in global health.” The first batch of $100,000 grants included a proposal “to turn mosquitoes that normally transmit disease into ‘flying syringes,’ so that when they bite humans they deliver vaccines.”

Panic in Detroit This cannot be happening. That’s got to be a mother’s first thought when she’s informed she has to make this completely irrational choice: her child must submit to a drug therapy chosen by authorities, or her child will be taken away. It’s outrageous, shameful, and hard to believe, but here in the [...]

You’ve probably heard Judge Judy’s expression: “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.” Here’s a new variation on that: “Don’t show me pork ribs and tell me it’s tofu.”

In August 2009, the FDA again warned consumers about another weight loss product called orlistat–you may recognize Alli as the over-the-counter brand name, and Xenical is the prescription strength product.

Recently, I flew back from Salt Lake City after a business trip. And when it came time for the scanner, I declined and braced myself for a dehumanizing pat-down.