Violence on the Decline
From Monday’s Washington Post: The District, New York and Los Angeles are on track for fewer killings this year than in any other year in at least four decades. Boston, San Francisco, Minneapolis and...
View ArticleShould We Tax Poor Nutrition?
I just tweeted on a subject that I suspected would cause a stir, and so it has, I’m moving it here: RafeFurst: I strongly support a soda tax! RT @mobilediner: check it out: a Soda Tax?...
View ArticleName That Financial Debacle!
The following quotes are from a book describing a real set of events: [The incident] is an extraordinary example of what happens when you get… a dozen people with an average IQ of 160… working in a...
View ArticleSomething Fishy About Mercury
Here is a fascinating discussion on NPR’s Forum from earlier this year on the subject of mercury and fish: If you’ve listened to this the whole way through (which you should), I’m curious as to how it...
View ArticleShould You Use Sunscreen?
This is a very complex topic, as the following talk suggests: Click here to view the embedded video. The main takeaways from this that I got are: Cancers for which sunlight deficit is a risk factor are...
View ArticleIf You Had A Billion Dollars…
If you had a billion dollars to make the world a better place, how would you spend it?… Related posts: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Is Hunger Really a Problem in U.S.? Homelessness
View ArticleRafe Issues Challenge to Statin Industry
I have been trying to get the straight scoop on whether statins actually decrease mortality and morbidity in a significant way and I haven’t been able to find any real evidence that they do. If you ask...
View ArticleThe Link Between Food & Healthcare Reform
Also must-read this Sunday is Michael Pollan’s NY Times Op-Ed piece from Wednesday. Nice cap to my week of ranting on the dismantling of rationality when it comes to lifestyle choices that directly...
View ArticleA Theory of Scalability
One of the hidden themes of The Feast this past week has been how to scale successful social ventures. This has been on my mind a lot recently as I have been working informally with both Self...
View ArticleApproaching a Cure for Cancer
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix structure recently called for a back to basics approach in dealing with cancer. In previous post threads I’ve discussed cancer’s complexity and in...
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