2013

A Silver Foot?

Ann Richards, the late governor of Texas, claimed that George Bush the Elder was born with “a silver foot in his mouth.” Justin Trudeau runs the risk of being tagged…

Bunny love

Thanks to everybody who voted on the bunny’s name. We ended up going with Ivan. I know, it wasn’t even on the list…but I decided to name him after Ivan…

Scientific Misogynistic

While I usually ignore and skip YouTube ads as quickly as possible, the one I just saw was too ridiculous(ly offensive) to not skip. Well, at least until “Ben” complained…

Poppy Wars

This op-ed appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on November 11, 2013 “Ottawa Students Don’t Care If ‘White Poppy’ Offends Veterans!” screamed the Sun News headline. In what has become the…

Measuring ghosts

MEASURING GHOSTS A recent article in Science Translational Medicine asks the question "Can We Measure Autism ?" To my mind this begs the question, "is there really something called "autism"…

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