Monthly Archives: May 2014

The AP has reported from Montevideo that a prisoner in a Uruguyan prison has tapped into the U.S. ambassador’s cellphone and sent messages to some of her contacts.  Officials said yesterday that the inmate also had access to Ambassador Julissa … Continue reading →

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences says that “childhood bullying involvement predicts low-grade systemic inflammation into adulthood.”  A study of 1,420 boys and girls revealed that being bullied raised the level of “C-reactive protein” (CRP) in their blood — which … Continue reading →

Inversion (n):  The process by which U.S. companies acquire foreign competitors and reincorporate abroad in low-tax countries. Example of inversion:  Pfizer is trying to buy British rival AstraZeneca for about $106 billion.  Pfizer plans to move its holding company to … Continue reading →

Careless doctors writing prescriptions and careless patients using antibiotics have created a massive new vulnerability in our health care.  In a report entitled “Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance 2014,” the World Health Organization issues a warning that’s about as … Continue reading →

Texas Gov. Rick Perry: In Texas for a substantially long period of time, our citizens have decided that if you kill our children, if you kill our police officers, for those very heinous crimes, that the appropriate punishment is the … Continue reading →