Collecting My Thoughts

"From April 2020 through at least the end of 2021, Americans died from non-Covid causes at an average annual rate 97,000 in excess of p...

President Trump launched an Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand, introducing new measures to confront the d...

I was watching on TV that traffic jam in Massachusetts for legal marijuana. What a stupid group--from the state lusting for taxes, to entrep...

In today's program at Lakeside Chautauqua about Cuba in the 1950s after the revolution, the Cuban born American lawyer Jose Mas mentione...

Agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) attended wild sex parties in Colombia with prostitutes procured and paid for by local ...

I sure was happy to read in the Columbus Dispatch that a gun crack down DEVELOPED FOUR YEARS AGO using current laws is working. Prosecutor R...

And this Washington Post headline today: “Is Lance Armstrong the world’s biggest liar?” I dunno, did Lance say this: 1) “Transparency ...

What's behind this? Seems to be a much bigger problem than 2007 and 2008. Is it the impending doom of Obamacare? Years of over regulat...

Last Tuesday I heard a very inspiring talk on our local NPR WOSU station, Ann Fisher's All Sides, with Judges Paul Herbert and Scott Van...

Ritalin, Obama, and the economy Murray observed yesterday that If my child behaved like Obama our family doctor would more than likely tell ...

Run for cover When an AP story doesn't mention the political party of misbehavior or ethical lapse, we can usually assume the people are...

Does AD/HD really exist as a disorder? It's been a busy day. I walked about 45 minutes inside the church for exercise, then walked th...

Not an urban legend, unfortunately Guest blogger today is my high school classmate Jon (without an h as he always reminds me). He sent alo...

Heath Ledger, Accidental poisoning? Unless it's your pet Lab that will enthusiastically eat the wall board with a pillow for dessert, n...

4171 High level pharmaceutical decisions What I would ask a librarian. Are there committees at pharmaceutical companies to decide which syl...

It's not your father's marijuana "The marijuana being sold across the United States is stronger than ever, which could explai...

3695 Our infectious lifestyle Peter Huber wrote an essay for the Wall Street Journal called "The coming plague." I think it is f...

3684 It keeps the money coming in Because I worked in academe and was required to publish (actually I liked that part of my job), and purc...

3566 We sure do need more legal recreational drugs, don't we? USG (Undergraduate Student Government) at Ohio State University voted to g...