Milk Doesn’t Make Coughing Worse
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This is good news because milk is my daughter’s favorite drink even (especially?) when she’s sick. We used to tell her that drinking milk would make her cough worse. Now, we won’t have to.
“The question has been formally investigated in studies, which demonstrated no increase in mucus production,” Dr. Sulica said, “although subjects …
From Presidential Candidate to Rikers Island
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a decision that sends one of the towering figures of international finance and French politics to a jail cell on New York’s Rikers Island.
With Liberty and Justice for All
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I’m with Jonah. The U.S. may not always live up to its ideals but it’s always a rousing sight when it does.
Home Sales Data Doubted – WSJ.com
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The housing crash may have been more severe than initial estimates have shown. The National Association of Realtors, which produces a widely watched monthly estimate of sales of previously owned homes, is examining the possibility that it over-counted U.S. home sales dating back as far as 2007. The group reported that there were 4.9 million sales of …
Greedy Capitalists or Selfless Socialists?
The hardest thing to do in Greece is to get one Greek to compliment another behind his back. No success of any kind is regarded without suspicion. Everyone is pretty sure everyone is cheating on his taxes, or bribing politicians, or taking bribes, or lying about the value of his real estate.
Chill Out About Toyota Already
Well, I haven’t posted anything about the Toyota brouhaha yet. So this is it.
Car and Driver takes down the Prius drivers whining about their brakes. Their high-tech regenerative breaks that all of them were so proud of a few years ago.
Popular Mechanics explains in painstaking detail exactly why Professor Dave Gilbert, of Southern Illinois University, …
Thomas Sowell Reviewed
It’s probably a good idea to write my next review on somone about whom I have generally positive feelings, if a few criticisms – and God bless him, economist Thomas Sowell certainly counts.
A perfectly publishable 500-750 word opinion piece isn’t difficult to write. I can write one in ninety minutes. But to write …
How To Write For Townhall.com
My father is a fan of Rush Limbaugh.
Also Sean Hannity, now that he’s come on the scene.
And Hugh Hewitt, actually, and also Michael Medved. Come to think of it, Dennis Prager too, and…
Well.
You understand. Perhaps your heart is even going out to me. You are thinking of what my childhood must have …
Who is Dr. Ron Charles? (A warning to gullible people)
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Just why is Minor Thoughts your #1 source for the latest news and discussion concerning embattled Christian archaeologist Dr. Ron Charles, and his book The Search ? Is it our incisive reporting on the subject? Our delicate handling of the larger issues raised in indicting a fellow believer for his suspicious claims? …
Stalin = Hitler
”It is is depressing that it even needed to be discussed,” begins The Economist latest Europe.view column. From that opening sentence it proceeds to inform us of the Russian reaction to a resolution by the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) equating Stalin with Hitler.
’…the OSCE resolution prompted outrage …