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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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The Hobby Lobby Ruling Shames America
A hundred years ago Margaret Sanger distributed five thousand flyers in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood that read: Mothers! Can you afford to have a large family? Do you want any more children? If not, why do you have them? DO NOT … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, anthony comstock, birth control, brooklyn, brooklyn history, contraception, feminism, gregory goodwin pincus, hobby lobby, hobby lobby ruling, margaret sanger, new york city, new york city history, nyc history, reproductive justice, reproductive rights, reproductive rights movement, society for the suppression of vice, supreme court, teen pregnancy, unplanned pregnancies, women's health, women's rights
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A New York City Snowstorm: Pleasure and Climate Change
On January 2, 2014, at about 10 PM, I took Viva, my new miniature poodle, for her evening walk. Nobody else was about. The street, the lampposts, the houses and even the uncollected garbage were frosted by the season’s first … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn, climate change, de blasio, environmentalism, haiyan, hurricane sandy, janus, mayor de blasio, new york city, nyc snowstorms, sandy, snow, snowstorms, typhoon haiyan, viva, winter storm janus
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