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Anti-Semitism History Holocaust Holocaust denial

I hope you’ve washed the slime off, University of Oregon

I don’t know what’s going on here, but the University of Oregon got slimed last night. A truly odious little being slithered his way into the University grounds and left a stench that won’t soon dissipate. Sadly, David Irving, notorious Holocaust “revisionist” (translation: Holocaust denier) gave a talk last night at the University of Oregon. […]

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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Starchild Abraham Cherrix turns 18

Somehow, with all the blogging about vaccines last week, I totally missed a major update to a story that’s been of great interest to me since I first became aware of it. It turns out that Starchild Abraham Cherrix, the teen who two years ago rejected conventional therapy for his lymphoma and sought out the […]

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Bioethics Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Surgery

Confidence, humility, and practicing science-based surgery

After having subjected my readers to all those posts about the antivaccination lunacy that was on display in Washington, D.C. last week, I think it’s time for a break from this topic, at least for a while if not longer. In the run-up to the “Green Our Vaccines” rally events on the antivaccinationism front were […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

An underwhelming performance in London

Remember how I warned citizens of the U.K. about an impending visit to their fair island by American apologist for antivaccinationist nonsense and his invitation to give a briefing at Parliament? Apparently, the whole thing was very–shall we say?–underwhelming. The lameness of his excuses, they limp:

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Personal

Nooooo!

The other day, I received something in the mail that was so horrifying, so disturbing, so utterly disconcerting that I had to go into my office and hide for a while to regain my composure. No, it wasn’t a death threat from some wacked-out antivacccinationist. Nor was it a scientific paper that was undeniable evidence […]