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Cancer Medicine Politics

John McCain a “dead man walking”? Not so fast

Less than a month ago, I got a bit perturbed by some vile rhetoric written by a left-wing blogger named Matt Stoller, who referred to John McCain as a “crazy, cancer-ridden dishonest madman.” As you recall, I administered a bit of not-so-Respectful Insolence to him. It wasn’t so much because I like John McCain. Indeed, […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Medicine Quackery Television

Ask Jenny McCarthy a question!

Thanks to our “friends” at the Age of Autism, I’ve learned something interesting. I knew that antivaccinationist “mother warrior” and Indigo Child Supreme Jenny McCarthy was slated to appear tomorrow, September 24, on the television show that arguably serves as the most powerful and pervasive promoter of woo, magical thinking, and dubious health advice in […]

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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Medicine Popular culture Skepticism/critical thinking

The Chicago Tribune’s cheerleader for woo is at it again

Oddly enough, I’m more tired this morning than I was on Friday. That’s the sort of thing that happens when I actually do as much work over the weekend as I often do on two typical weekdays. The reason is that I’ve suddenly found myself with an unexpected promotion, and–oh, by the way–there’s stuff that […]

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Politics

Race and the election: This is depressing if accurate…

I know I don’t blog about pure politics much, but it’s the weekend, I’m too tired to do anything heavy-duty about medicine or science, and this depressed me. As much as I’d like to delude myself that things have changed, it turns out that they haven’t changed nearly as much as I’d like to think, […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

What we’re up against: Aluminum as the new mercury and end of expertise

Forgive me, dear readers. I realize that I’ve already subjected you once to the contagious supernova of stupidity that is an Olmsted on Autism blog post. I broke my usual rule about not directly linking to the crank blog Age of Autism unless there is a compelling need. One reason is that I hate to […]