Sharing Medical Information has Positive Effects

Although some would warn about privacy problems, knowing the medical history is essential to good care.
Sharing info on patients overcomes some problems, like inadequate or incomplete patient or family sourced information.
http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/46928-when-hospitals-share-patient-records-emergency-patients-benefit-study-suggests.html

The Climate Boys in the UK Should be Wearing Paper Bags

Without much fanfare, the Met Office released the news–no warming.
My my.

UK Met Office: 17-Year Global Temperature Standstill Continues

My Old Horse has had Enough Cold

Buster is 31 and is a Texas horse.
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The Middle East Suffers and Simmers

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