Reflections on research and a deadly economic philsophy.
Many living today know that it was Christa McAullife who made the phrase an every day aspiration. One could say the teacher astronaut being lost in the reach should bring fear to the phrase. But it was not the aspiration but weather, mundane statistical thinking and perhaps some hubris that led to her loss. In the imperfections of self and world it is a reach, not always a grasp.There is always something more ahead. To cease the reaching is to lose what can be.

In Reversal, Panel Urges Mammograms at 50, Not 40. The bottom line recommendation for women under 50 (with specific exceptions) is to no longer have routine screening mammograms, Women 50 to 74 should have mammograms less frequently — every two years, rather than every year. And it said doctors should stop teaching women to examine their breasts on a regular basis.or carry out breast self examinations.

I am offering this memoir or my experience in the early days of cancer research as an example with principles that I believe can be applied in many areas as we seek to restore our nation to humaneness and civility..

Wherein barbara responds to Jane’s request to rattle my representative’s cage about supporting robust public option. NOTE: barbara does not have a representative. She has John Kline.

What’s the best way to help workers form a union in a workplace where managers have spent years wantonly violating labor laws by threatening and intimidating workers into resisting unionization? If you’re the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), the answer would seem to be “get rid of the workers.” At least, that is one of the main recommendations contained within a rather confusing new CIS report on the aftermath of the January 2007 immigration raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at the Smithfield pork plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. Holding up Smithfield as a prototype for the nation, the CIS report vaguely suggests that destructive immigration raids and a flawed electronic employment-verification system will not only succeed in draining millions of unauthorized immigrants from the United States, but bolster unionization for American workers, too. These are fanciful notions at best.

Anti-immigrant groups have repeatedly tried to drive a wedge between African Americans and immigrants by capitalizing on the myth that immigrants take American jobs—particularly jobs that would otherwise go to African Americans. That myth, as anti-immigrant groups present it, is simply not true, says Gerald Jaynes, a professor of Economics and African American Studies at Yale University. In a new Perspectives piece for the Immigration Policy Center, A Conversation about the Economic Effects of Immigration on African Americans, Jaynes dispels the myth that immigrants take “black jobs” and instead suggests we find solutions on how to lift up all low-wage American workers.

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Illinois), who has slurped at the campaign trough of alcohol and tobacco firms has introduced utterly dishonest legislation to crack down on “Pot 2.0.” The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

Opponents of medical marijuana like to claim it’s just an excuse to get high, and some sensational media coverage has reinforced that impression. A new medical journal article gives a glimpse at the real and fascinating science behind medical cannabis.

The Theme of the post is: What does “shock the conscience” mean? (How would you demonstrate that convincingly?) I use several extreme examples.

Not a day doesn’t pass when I don’t realize how lucky I am to be alive, but I also understand that there are millions like me who suffer from illnesses and injuries that could be one day cured through stem cell research.

Written by Julielyn Gibbons for RH Reality Check.