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Dr. Scott Atlas, whose qualifications to be a pandemic health adviser are largely found in his background as a neuroradiologist and his extensive trove of “get back to work/school” writings, has been given the title of “adviser to the President”.  [Perhaps similar in nature to Jared Kushner’s job as adviser to Mr. West.] All is […]

Coronavirus Blogging

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On March 7, 2020

Just a very quick note that Joshua Busby, an Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the LBJ School who specializes in climate change and global health, has been writing and curating a good series of

Caffinated colons

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On January 7, 2018

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop — the company that takes money from wealthy women in return for dangerous things to stick in their orifices — is catching some well-deserved flack for hawking coffee e

Et puis je fume

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On February 13, 2016

The official video for Sympathique will not embed but is worth the click. Back to news about the study that shows poverty is bad for people; This makes sense to me. It is hard to point to one overridi

Life Spans of the Rich & Famous

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In health
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On February 13, 2016
I can’t wait to hear how poor people are supposed to bootstrap their way to longer life spans. The poor are losing ground not only in income, but also in years of life, the most basic measure of well-being. In the early 1970s, a 60-year-old man in the top half of the earnings ladder could […]

Informed Consent

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In health
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On May 8, 2007
Just to be clear, I’m not claiming that there’s any right answer to balances of aesthetic (or other) pleasures and health risks, that drawing broad inferences based on consumption patterns common among very different people is a sensible thing, that feminism mandates particular fashion choices, etc. It does seem that this demonstration of the effects […]
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