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The Problem with Heparin

I sat down Sunday morning to drink a cup of coffee and have breakfast but as soon as I opened the NEW YORK TIMES and turned to page 3 of THE WORLD SECTION, I immediately lost my appetite. Staring me...

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March 31, 2008 in Weblogs | Permalink | User Comments (3)

The Bomb Squad Missed the Bomb

Whenever there is a suspicious package, a suspicious pickup truck or a man carrying a gun and a sword near the U.S. Capitol, the bomb squad swings into action, streets get shut down, there is traffic chaos and the cable...

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March 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Begging for a Drug on YouTube

Sixty-two-year-old Connie Loughman lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Like actor Patrick Swayze she has pancreatic cancer. Unlike Swayze she does not have the fame that automatically leads to saturated news coverage. So according to BALTIMORE SUN reporter Tricia Bishop, Connie's three...

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March 25, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (4)

'Do You Worry About Your Arms and Legs Being Blown Off By an IED?'

Dan Rodricks who writes for the BALTIMORE SUN has a particularly incisive column this morning, a day after the 5th anniversary of "Shock and Awe." Rodricks talks about an Associated Press survey of 2,253 college students that found some of...

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March 20, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: "PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND. IT WILL DEVASTATE THE DISSIDENTS..."

Republican Frank Wolf who sits on the House Appropriations Committee has sent a letter to the President. "I remain deeply troubled by your decision to attend the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. In addition to China's long track record of human...

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March 19, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (7)

Maybe Paulson Ought to Call It a 'Banana'

On GOOD MORNING AMERICA this morning, Diane Sawyer tried real hard to get Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to admit that the current economic mess is indeed a recession. Paulson refused saying it's up to the economists to call it what...

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March 18, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

THE IRS COULD LOSE $681 MILLION ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE REBATE CHECKS

We already know that the U.S. government plans to spend MILLIONS of dollars mailing letters to tell everyone to be on the lookout for those rebate checks coming in May and June. Now we find out from the GAO that...

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March 13, 2008 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (1)

PUSHING DRUGS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SEXUAL TENSION

Shahram Ahari was recruited "fresh out of college" by Eli Lilly and he says he was very eager to use his degree in molecular biology and biochemistry in his job. "But shortly after my hiring, it became clearly apparent that...

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March 12, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (4)

"BEFORE 6:45pm on SEPTEMBER 6, 2003 I HAD EVERYTHING."

"An adorable 2 year old little boy, another little baby boy to be born any minute and a husband who was truly the best friend I have ever had. But after the phone rang alerting my husband of his activation...

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March 11, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (10)

Speeding Above the Law

Montgomery County, Maryland uses cameras to nab those driving over the speed limit. According to WASHINGTON POST reporter Ernesto Londono among the thousands of drivers caught on camera speeding are Montgomery County POLICE OFFICERS and their union is telling them...

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March 10, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)