An episode of "Hannah Montana" has been pulled and will be reevaluated after parents who saw a preview complained about the way a character was depicted. The linked article doesn't explain what was offensive. Is t…
I absolutely love this stuff! (And a certain highly favored commenter helped me discover that I did.) *** As long as I'm recommending products -- and providing links which, if used, support this blog -- I just bought this ex…
And so it begins: "I'm absolutely, fully in agreement with the argument that if pain is insufferable, then someone should be given help to die, but I feel there's a wider argument that if somebody absolutely, despera…
A little boy drowned during his nap after he got out of the pool and walked to bed: Johnny would have only had to inhale four ounces of water -- about six teaspoons -- to drown, and even less to injure his lung enough to become a…
The NYT asks. “I haven’t died yet,” said Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch.... Mr. Arrington says he has gained 30 pounds in the last three years, developed a severe sleeping disorder and turned his home …
"I never went into medicine to get rich, but I never expected to feel as disrespected as I feel. Where is the incentive for a practice like ours?" The political desire for more "preventive" health care for eve…
Asks Don Surber (via Instapundit ), noting: "The Frosts found an 'affordable' business building and an 'affordable' 3,000-square foot house and an 'affordable' private school." It's just hum…
Last night, we were asking the waitress about the dandelion salad. The music was loud. "It's a liver detoxifier." "What?" "A liver detoxifier." "Oh. I thought you said a liberty toxifier. I …
... is locked up at the Clinton Library. "Opposition researchers would be very hungry to see what's there." Robert Shrum, senior political strategist in Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign…
The NYT has an article today -- it shot to the top of the "most emailed" list -- about the indignity of the far-sightedness that comes with aging... and how especially distressing it is for us Baby Boomers. The article…
This is a useful video clip , because it shows Mitt Romney explaining his approach to health care and dealing with a high pressure confrontation from a voter. Really, there is nothing he can say that will fully satisfy the woman,…
So said Hillary Clinton the other day. I just heard it on C-Span this morning, and it really struck me. My reaction on seeing her say it on TV: Hillary Clinton wants government to take over our lives, nagging us about what to e…
“... have been with us for generations, but what makes the current generation’s execution of this game different is that more kids are willing to play it alone ."
That's a quote from eating-disorder expert Cynthia M. Bulik, in Robin Givhan's excellent article describing super-thin runway models. "That makes the gulf between the actual and the ideal even bigger and that makes s…
Take something people need and can get for free and transform it into a luxury item they can buy: Yelo consists of seven private chambers that can be rented for 20- to 40-minute naps. Each hexagonal pod has a beige leather recl…