Monday, September 30, 2013
The teen pregnancy epidemic
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... is not real. From Slate.com , via The Week : "The U.S. teen birthrate dropped 6 percent between 2011 and 2012, and is now the low...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
An admirable apology
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We are all well aware of the Supreme Court's big decisions regarding gay rights last month. But you might not have heard the parallel st...
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Yet another good vaccine
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This is from last week's The Week , "The lifesaving effect of HPV vaccines". A new study has shown the new HPV vaccine to be v...
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Extreme poverty may disappear in our lifetimes, if we just keep up the good work
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It never ceases to amaze me how much success the world has seen in reducing poverty, and even more, how few people know about it. This is pr...
Monday, April 29, 2013
Even your teeth are getting better
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I got a friendly dental reminder from ZocDoc today, and naturally that made me wonder how much better we’re doing with our teeth as a societ...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Why NOT to eat local, organic food
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Every day we are forced to make decisions about food. What should we believe? Should we care about eating local, or eating organic, or even ...
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Thanks, presidents, for promoting democracies
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Happy President's Day! Let's celebrate with some info about democracies. The benefits of democracy as a form of government necessa...
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