Caution Is Needed on Drug Touted as Opioid Game-Changer

The Biden administration’s much-heralded effort to promote distribution of buprenorphine may not be a game changer in our battle to subdue the opioid crisis. This new campaign resembles yet another social experiment in our national clash with addiction, especially when coupled with so-called harm reduction policies that promote drug abuse. Buprenorphine is a narcotic drug… Continue reading Caution Is Needed on Drug Touted as Opioid Game-Changer

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Captain Kirk, Transporters, and More Weird Questions!

Podcast: Download MYS265: It’s time for another set of weird questions posed by Cy Kellet of Catholic Answers to Jimmy Akin, including this time: The Nephilim and Og; asking obscure saints for intercession; Padre Pio and time travel prayer; Captain Kirk, transporters, and the sacraments; Agents of Shield, AI, and the soul; and more. Get… Continue reading Captain Kirk, Transporters, and More Weird Questions!

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Wildfires Will Only Get Worse. We Need Satellite Tracking of Air Pollution

People on the East Coast earlier this month experienced something that occurs with relative frequency in the West: ominous orange skies lit up by dense wildfire smoke. Across the I-95 corridor they responded with many important questions: How bad is the air quality where I live? Can I exercise outside? When will the smoke go… Continue reading Wildfires Will Only Get Worse. We Need Satellite Tracking of Air Pollution

Exorcist Diary: Demons of Lethargy

We just finished another monthly online deliverance session. We had 4,500 live and over 10,000 views. It was a wonderful and powerful experience with so many faithful from all over the world praying together. They came from Argentina, Spain, Finland, Philippines, Italy, Venezuela, Malaysia, Ireland, Uruguay, Croatia, Slovenia, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Canada and… Continue reading Exorcist Diary: Demons of Lethargy

St. Augustine on How to Pray

Aurelius Augustinus, who is considered by most to be the greatest Father of the Church, was born on November 13, 354 A.D., in Numidia at Tagaste. The product of a classical education, Augustine spent many formative years espousing the truth of Manichaeism and Neoplatonism as he taught rhetoric in Milan. But in 387, he was… Continue reading St. Augustine on How to Pray

How the Brain Protects Itself From Blood-Borne Threats

Enough pints of beer can have you falling off your bar stool or loudly reciting lyrics to early 2000s jams to total strangers, because alcohol can get past one of the strongest defenses in the body. If you’ve ever been drunk, high or drowsy from allergy medication, you’ve experienced what happens when some molecules defeat… Continue reading How the Brain Protects Itself From Blood-Borne Threats

Laid Low by the COVID Vaccine, Now They’ve Got a Bad Case of Federal Unresponsiveness

“You’re not even hearing anything from the organization that’s supposed be helping you,” says Adele Fox, above, a COVID vaccine sufferer who’s struggling to return to her normal life. “The phone keeps ringing, no one is emailing, nobody is doing anything.”    By Christian Britschgi, RealClearInvestigationsJune 28, 2023 In April 2021, Adele Fox received a… Continue reading Laid Low by the COVID Vaccine, Now They’ve Got a Bad Case of Federal Unresponsiveness

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The Simple Geometry That Predicts Molecular Mosaics

Over the next year, Domokos and his colleagues used geometric thinking to unpack the rules of molecular self-assembly — devising a new way to constrain the mosaics that molecules can form, using only the simple geometry of tessellation. “At first, they did not believe that you can do it,” Domokos said. “They were doing artificial… Continue reading The Simple Geometry That Predicts Molecular Mosaics

To Unions, Organizing Time Is Fine When It’s on the Taxpayers’ Dime

Randi Weingarten, the powerful president of the American Federation of Teachers, hasn’t been a working teacher in more than a quarter of a century.  Randi Weingarten: The teachers union boss hasn’t taught in decades, yet has accrued a lot of service time. But, she protests, not $230,000 worth of public pension payments over 15 years.… Continue reading To Unions, Organizing Time Is Fine When It’s on the Taxpayers’ Dime

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