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Category Archives: politics
Planned Parenthood and The Marseillaise: Aux Armes, Citoyens!
To arms, citizens, Form your battalions Let’s march, let’s march Let an impure blood Soak our fields This is the refrain of the Marseillaise, forever the battle-song of oppressed humanities. It was composed by Claude Rouget de Lisle in 1792 … Continue reading
Trump and the Bully Pulpit
Photo by Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0) As of today, Donald Trump has won a virtually unobstructed path to the Republican nomination. The grandstanding and uncouth utterances of the Republican campaign over the last few months remind me of the tirades … Continue reading
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Tagged adolf hitler, donald trump, election, election 2016, fascism, hitler, holocaust, nazi germany, nazis, nazism, politics, presidential election, republican party, republicans, trump, world war ii, world war ii history
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The Only Common Sense Solution to America’s Gun Problem
“Une vie ne vaut rien, mais rien ne vaut une vie.” “A life has no value, but nothing is as valuable as a life.” Thus wrote Andre Malraux, the great novelist, in 1933. In the United States, Malraux is best … Continue reading
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Tagged democrats, gun control, gun control debate, gun control laws, gun laws, guns, politics, republicans, san bernardino, sandy hook
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On the Measles Outbreak: Does the ‘Modern’ Anti-Vaccination Movement Remember Smallpox?
I wonder whether the parents of the unvaccinated would consider doing away with traffic regulations or traveling by horse and buggy? Societal living needs written and unwritten rules and regulations. It was humanity’s good fortune that Edward Jenner (1749-1823), an … Continue reading
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Tagged disease, Edward Jenner, health, healthcare, John Enders, measles, medicine, public health, smallpox, vaccination, vaccines, viruses
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Ebola, Dr. Craig Spencer and American Hysteria
Dr. Craig Spencer, who bravely put himself in harm’s way to fight a deadly epidemic, represents the best of American medicine. So why is the American public vilifying him? Continue reading
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Tagged aids, AIDS epidemic, bubonic plague, craig spencer, current events, diseases, ebola, ebola virus, epidemics, health, healthcare, HIV, hiv/aids, hysteria, panic, public health, spanish flu, west africa, world health organization
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