Here’s an interesting article about how Virginia Apgar came up with the Apgar scoring system for newborn babies, back in 1952. Till then: There [had been] no routine examination of the newborns’ vital signs and, if there was, the methods … Continue reading →
I have a soft spot in my heart for skee-ball, a game I was able to play even as a tiny kid and still do well enough to not get teased too much. As the years rolled on—and on (sort … Continue reading →
I’m aware that there are people who say that Mueller’s befuddled performance on Wednesday was all an act. I maintain it was not. He would have to be a thespian of Academy Award-winning skills (and then some) to pull it … Continue reading →
Yesterday SCOTUS handed down a 5-4 ruling blocking a lower court injunction, and allowing Trump to proceed with wall building using defense funds, while litigation on the merits goes forward. One reason for their ruling had to do with the … Continue reading →
…by the Babylon Bee. You can’t make this stuff up, but the folks at Snopes apparently can: …Snopes doesn’t seem to understand how humor works or why it’s even a thing in the first place. Their “fact-check” article begins with … Continue reading →
No Joke: the U.N. just condemned Israel as the world's only violator of women's rights, backed by votes of council members Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan & Yemen.https://t.co/s94KsS50gH — Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 24, 2019 This speaks for itself. The UN … Continue reading →
Wouldn’t you like to be a fly on the wall when these two get together in private? Whatever else you might say about them—their similarities and their differences—one thing they share is that both are highly entertaining. Not to their … Continue reading →
Here’s a discussion in National Review about a report recently issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It’s entitled “Beyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies and Connections to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students of Color with Disabilities.” Although this … Continue reading →
Step 1: Find a congressional district that’s bluer than blue, where any Democratic nominee is a shoe-in to be elected. Some of these are natural districts, almost always located in big urban centers. Others are carefully gerrymandered to create a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: For the purposes of this post, I’m going to assume that Robert Mueller was not acting when he seemed vague yesterday. I think this is a correct assumption, although I’m aware of theories to the contrary. I believe that, … Continue reading →
…and I’m going out now, so I’ll just briefly mention a couple of things. The first is an update on Erica Thomas, who accused a guy in the supermarket of telling her to go back where she came from (a … Continue reading →
More than two decades ago, when China took over Hong Kong, I recall getting a very uneasy feeling. How could this possibly go well? Here are some recent events there: Also please see this by Michael Yon: The conflict in … Continue reading →