Last month there was a furor over a letter to first-year students at the University of Chicago. The letter, from Dean of Students John “Jay” Ellison, PhD, cautioned that the university did not condone “trigger warnings,” “safe spaces,” and other limitations on the free expression of ideas: “Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do … Continue reading Real life doesn’t have trigger warnings
I was greeted this morning with this announcement. Quite a surprise. Just the other day I told someone I’d been on WordPress about 7 years. (And on other platforms for 4 or 5 years before that.) I really need to get a life, or a hobby, or something. Continue reading Time flies when you’re having fun
So Hillary Clinton was imprudent enough to say “you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.” And then instead of apologizing for calling them “deplorables,” she apologized for saying “half.” Personally I think her mistake was labeling people as deplorable. She should have called their actions, language, and behavior … Continue reading ‘Deplorables’? The candidates’ actions are deplorable
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This sobering demonstration of the development of antibiotic-resistent bacteria over an 11-day period comes from Harvard Medical School and was reported this week in Science magazine. Despite the obvious limitations and shortcomings of such a demonstration, it should be enough to make most folks think twice about popping antibiotics unecessarily. Continue reading Watch how fast antibiotic-resistant bacteria evolve
