US Congressman Joe Barton, in an interview on C-SPAN, patiently explained that most scientists don’t do science the way he does. Here are two of Barton’s many notable observations. Hear them and more in the entire interview (the numbers indicate when in the interview you can hear him give these lessons): 3:12: If we have […]
Year: 2009
Coffee good, they say
A report in US News & World Report: “Every cup of coffee was associated with a 7 percent reduction in the risk of diabetes, the researchers said.” Every cup! Let the unrestrained extrapolation begin! UNRELATED NOTE: The photo here shows Trooper A.J. Coffee, whose person and actions are unrelated to this story, so far as […]
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Is Henry the Hand a washout?
National Handwashing Week, December 6-12, 2009, has come and gone with only scant attention paid to its mascot, Henry the Hand. In part, this is due to the low amount of hand-washing and other hand-sanitizing that occurs in the United States. That non-compliance was observed and documented by John Trinkaus in his recent study “Hand […]