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Wanton Whores? Who Says?

Since time immemorial, it seems, women have been viewed as voracious sexual predators. It was taken as a given, since at least the time of Aristotle (who is said to have originated the idea but was probably just writing down the accepted wisdom of the time). Through Aristotle, it became known to the medieval Christian [...]

Food Wars, Part 5,349

I have expounded, in the past, about the utility of a scorecard when dealing with a child’s food choices. I have since decided that the scorecard is irrelevant. Scorecards only work when the rules stay the same from one game to the next; if the rules of the game change, calculating the stats is virtually [...]

She Blinded Me with “Science”

There’s a LOT of bad science out there.

And then there’s good science, hyped out of proportion by the media, who can turn even mediocre studies and insignificant results into major news events that get people like Jenny McCarthy all riled up.