

DISPROVEN, NOT DISCARDED
I was recently looking for some statistics on iatrogenesis . That's just a fancy term for the medical system screwing up and causing harm...
Mar 293 min read


SAFE AND SAFER
I’ve been writing about this province's epidemic of overdose deaths and related themes for a while now. Just in recent times I’ve...
Mar 233 min read


FICTIONAL FLOTATION DEVICE
Nicholas Kristof — New York Times Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. Elon Musk says that no one has died...
Mar 1714 min read


THE WRETCHED BLEMISH
What’s the deal with the measles? ( Offered in the tone and tempo of Jerry Seinfeld, of course. ) Measles outbreaks are taking up a lot...
Mar 1315 min read


"SOCCER" is like "OKAY"
OKAY I’m a fan of etymology and semantics and, really, everything to do with language; still, somehow I never gave much thought to the...
Mar 118 min read


RECORD RETURNS
The West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society was established in 2001 to restore and sustain local aquatic wildlife populations in 22...
Mar 31 min read


"PHYLOGENETICALLY DISTINCT"
Somehow I missed obelisks . Well, I suppose everyone missed it — or them . Discovered in human gut and oral bacteria, researchers...
Mar 22 min read