Daniel Pipes is a leading expert on Middle East studies.
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Corona Viruses Are Virulent, New One from the Middle East
The SARS epidemic of 2003 was caused by a corona virus, but it was not the Bird Flu. One of our smart readers caught my mistake. I was confused by my recollection of the high mortality of bird flu, like corona virus infections.
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Deep Water Horizon
I live in Texas and once lived in Louisiana, so the Deep Water Horizon spill has occupied my attention some.
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Home Birthing and Midwives
I had some experience with women who wanted midwives and home deliveries in the 70s when I was more adventurous and considered the go to open minded physician. I am a little less open minded now.
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Fresh Water under Salt Water
The ground water reserves for many areas of the planet are under the ocean floor.
Very interesting development. Earth is called the blue marble for a reason, the water is here, the distribution is the problem for some.
http://www.ooskanews.com/story/2014/01/offshore-freshwater-aquifers-which-law-will-apply-international-water-law-project
Is the Academy an Honest Place?
Repeatedly we are reminded of unreliable research in economics, social sciences, even some of the hard sciences.
Political agendas and intellectual passion can result in cargo cult science.
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Cultural Decay is Partially Attributable to Junk Social Science
Sure, Social Sciences, for example political science,are about morality, civility and the natural law and what works for civilizations.
Aristotle and other big brains considered the inquiry on what makes a civilization and society important.
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2014/01/25/5-horrific-examples-of-cultural-decay-in-america-n1784484/print
More from Thomas Sowell on Facts and Fantasy
Thomas Sowell continues his series of essays on fact free liberal thinking.
We already put up the first and II.
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How Many Laws, How Many Regs
The burden of regulations is discussed by the people at Competitive Enterprise Institute.
It is a terrible thing to consider. The Leviathan cometh.
http://cei.org/10KC
Munoz case Goes South, Baby Might Die, Thanks to an Activist Judge
The Texas law in question on the Munoz case is about saving the life of the baby when a mother is brain dead or otherwise disabled or incapacited that would compromise the survival of the baby in the uterus (womb for you old fashioned readers). The statute intended to make sure every effort was made to sustain the mother, who, even if brain dead of severely disabled, was the incubator for the life of the baby.
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A Little About Scientific misconduct.
Patrick Michaels discusses scientific misconduct and how research can be corrupted.
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/when-it-comes-truth-about-drug-addiction-scientists-are-breaking-bad
Chamber of Commerce is about Free Market Capitalism? Sho Nuff.
The recent conduct of the Chamber of Commerce of crony capitalism and neo fascism (as in a government/business co-op) is now on display as declared by their CEO for the last 15 years and committed statist, Mr. Donahue.
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