Here’s an article about a woman whose mother died of Alzheimer’s, and who decided to get tested for the Alzheimer’s genetic marker in hopes it might reassure her, and discovered she actually has a double dose of the gene that … Continue reading →
I’m so old I can remember when people who felt themselves to be trans didn’t immediately qualify for hormones and surgery – not even adults. There were some common-sense rules to protect the people themselves, and just about everyone understood … Continue reading →
Maybe: Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell has been out of the public eye for weeks, following a serious fall that hospitalized him. Now multiple sources confirm that Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming, John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of … Continue reading →
Every time there’s a school shooting or any sort of mass violence, the subject of SSRIs comes up from one commenter or another. Sometimes people also bring up the subject of fatherlessness and mass shooters, which I wrote about at … Continue reading →
Over the years, there have been plenty of remarks like this one about Biden’s increasingly feeble state: I don’t think Biden could get through a day without being told where to go and what to do. Not just being told … Continue reading →
Even some Democrats realize that the Biden administration’s war on gas stoves is unpopular: …[O]ver two dozen Democrats in the House of Representatives joined Republicans to approve an amendment preventing the Department of Energy from implementing strict new regulations on … Continue reading →
I saw this today: The Colorado Springs shooter identified as non binary. The Denver shooter identified as trans. The Aberdeen shooter identified as trans. The Nashville shooter identified as trans. One thing is VERY clear: the modern trans movement is … Continue reading →
I’m trying to figure this one out: The reason why we love french fries, crisps and chocolate bars so much has less to do with a lack of willpower and more to do with the brain learning to prefer such … Continue reading →
Biden says some mighty strange things, but this was one of the strangest: President Joe Biden appeared to criticize Ron DeSantis on his handling of transgender youth and floated the possibility of a nation-wide transgender law in an interview clip … Continue reading →
I’ve seen lots of articles lately of this sort: More than HALF (56.3%) of liberal white women age 18-29 have been diagnosed with a mental health condition. That’s more than DOUBLE the percentage (27.3%) of conservative white women in the … Continue reading →
I continue to have somewhat surreal experiences with people who answer the phones these days. And I’m not talking about people who live in Bangladesh or wherever many seem to reside, I’m talking about right here in this country. For … Continue reading →
There was a discussion on this blog yesterday about whether running causes or exacerbates hip problems. Serendipitously, today I noticed this article reporting on research on the subject: Contrary to widespread opinion, running marathons does not increase your risk for … Continue reading →