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Treating children who identify as trans
This is a Canadian story, but it’s often the case that the US follows close on Canada’s heels with PC legal rulings. So here’s what it’s about: For the past 11 months, Robert Hoogland, a father in Surrey, British Columbia, … Continue reading →
Jordan Peterson is ill, and his critics are happy
Ghoulish of them. But is that any surprise?: Ironically, the anti-Petersonians now seem far more fanatical than Peterson’s most faithful fans. This became clear in recent days, when some of Peterson’s critics — including, amazingly, a professor at the University … Continue reading →
The forgotten plague: TB
“By the dawn of the 19th Century, the disease had killed 1 in 7 of all people that had ever lived, more than any other illness.” Anyone who’s a Bronte or Keats or Chopin fan hasn’t forgotten. But it’s true … Continue reading →
I’ve not yet written a post about the new coronavirus…
…worrying the world. The reason is quite simple: much of what we know so far is fragmentary and suspect. The media loves to fan the flames of panic, anyway. But some is just lack of basic understanding as the authorities … Continue reading →
Housing the homeless: “everyone deserves a granite countertop”
Much of what is in this article is what many of us have suspected anyway: that homelessness in the US is predominantly an addiction and/or a mental illness problem. Keep in mind when you read the following that “homelessness experts … Continue reading →
People are heavier than in the 1980s, but we have no idea why
Here’s an article that’s a couple of years old, but still interesting: A 2016 study published in the journal Obesity Research & Clinical Practice found that it’s harder for adults today to maintain the same weight as those 20 to … Continue reading →
Back spasms
I’ve had a bad back for over 30 years. Bad backs run in my family, and despite general athleticism (or maybe because of it?) three out of the four members of my family had serious and chronic disc problems and … Continue reading →
Puberty blockers and the gender transition of children
Recently a Texas jury ruled against a father who is trying to stop his estranged wife from “transitioning” their 7-year-old son to becoming a female. Of course, in the language of the left, that son isn’t a son at all … Continue reading →
Identity, the individual, and the mind: the Hogan twins, joined at the brain
The other night I happened across a documentary on TLC entitled “Inseparable: Joined.” Here’s an article about the people the documentary explored: the conjoined Hogan twins of Canada, who are joined at the brain: Craniopagus twins, joined at the head, … Continue reading →
Abortions: past, present
Whenever I see a comparison of abortion rates in the pre-Roe v. Wade past and abortion rates since it’s been legal in this country, I think of a book I read long ago. It was a memoir by a woman … Continue reading →
The Epstein autopsy report
Suicide by hanging. I doubt anyone who didn’t already think that Epstein was a suicide will be convinced by the report. I already was leaning somewhat in the suicide direction and still am. But I also believe there was a … Continue reading →