We don’t understand much about why bariatric (weight-loss) surgery works, but it does. It’s actually highly effective at helping the obese to lose weight where conventional methods such as dieting and exercise fail. Not only that, but the weight tends … Continue reading →
I suspect we’ll be seeing more of this sort of thing—a guy publicly confessing his sexual offenses and vowing things will be different. Morgan Spurlock—whom I’ve never heard of before—is a 47-year-old “documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter, playwright and … Continue reading →
The FCC has voted to rescind the net neutrality rules promulgated during the Obama adminstration. I reacted to the original rules here, but I must confess I’ve had enormous difficulty deciding on what side I stand on this issue. Each … Continue reading →
Commenter “expat” writes: I hope the Reps learn to use the Jones victory to break the stranglehold of the Clinton/Pelosi/Schumer gang on Dems in other areas. Strange started this by reminding Alabama voters that Jones has to represent them. In … Continue reading →
From what I’ve seen of the coverage of the Strzok/Page texts, the whole story is already being successfully minimized. The reaction of everyone but some of those on the right appears to be “So what? There’s no proof they did … Continue reading →
Ironic: The blaze that swept through the hills of Bel-Air last week, destroying six homes and damaging a dozen others, was sparked by a cooking fire at a homeless encampment in a nearby ravine, Los Angeles officials said Tuesday. The … Continue reading →
…in the Moore loss, and there are several possibilities: (1) On this blog I have defended Moore from the sexual allegations because of a principle I hold to—and apply to members of both parties—which is that unsubstantiated allegations are always … Continue reading →
Not. Not. NOT. I’m not sure what I expected—I expected something pretty bad, because otherwise the two would not have been removed, and it would not have been kept so hush-hush. But it’s still quite something to read what Strzok … Continue reading →
I’m reading that Moore is toast, and then that maybe he’s not. I haven’t a clue which it is. I do know that the minute I heard Moore had won the GOP primary in Alabama I felt a sinking feeling, … Continue reading →
…to kick Moore out of the Senate if he manages to win. That’s why Franken was sacrificed—a fake “sacrifice” for the party since the Democratic governor of Minnesota will be appointing a Democrat in his place. It will be very … Continue reading →
I noticed the word “cunning” in the headline of a piece by Spengler entitled “Trump’s Courage and Cunning Confound His Opponents.” He goes on to say: I can think of no politician with his combination of courage and cunning since … Continue reading →
…that no one has a clue who will win the Alabama special election tomorrow. Polls have become rather useless, and in this case they’re contradictory anyway. By the way, do you recall why Alabama has to choose a new senator? … Continue reading →