They’re finally getting rid of it. A metric that doesn’t distinguish between fat and muscle is stupid.
Category Archives: Health
Anti-Aging
Is it really a threat to the future of humanity?
Not in my opinion.
Three-Year Med Schools
This is long overdue. As Robert Shipley notes, in theory this might lower standards, but I think that in practice, many of the standards are unnecessary (particularly since the wokification of medical education). I’ve never been impressed by doctors myself qua doctors.
Tonsils
Can removing them cause anxiety later in life?
I still have mine, and I suspect that a lot of these procedures (if not all of them) are unnecessary and even harmful.
The Problem With Our “Expert” Class
They’re not very expert.
[Afternoon update]
The “EXPERTS”
— Mark Dolan (@mrmarkdolan) December 3, 2024
WRONG on saturated fat 🥓
WRONG on calorie counting🫃
WRONG on grains 🌾
WRONG on salt🧂
WRONG on toxic veg oils 🌽
WRONG on vaccine safety, efficacy & transmission 💉
WRONG on masks 😷
WRONG on lockdowns 🔐
Forgive me for having questions 🙏
The Fumes Of The 2024 Election
Reflections on the past three weeks on Thanksgiving Eve:
The Fumes of the 2024 Election
— Victor Davis Hanson (@VDHanson) November 27, 2024
Three weeks after the election and the fallout from it, we are starting to appreciate the clarity of the vote. It explains much of the present, the past, and the future.
Consider the following:
1. Even Donald Trump’s enemies are beginning,…
[Saturday update]
The Democrats remain in denial.
[Bumped]
HHS
Yes, it needs to be shaken up (if not simply abolished).
Scientific American
How Laura Helmuth helped to degrade science.
The Biggest Blunder
…in the history of American politics.
They deserve everything they have coming to them.
[Update a few minutes later]
The Federal Budget
Ten places where it could and should be cut.
[Friday-morning update]
The Trump administration needs to clean up the mess from Carter and Obama.
[Update a while later]
More budget-cutting ideas from Veronique de Rugy.
[Update a while later]
Waste, fraud, and abuse are not the problem; bureaucratic power is.