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Bird flu: How concerned should we be?

There are 36 known infected herds across 9 states. The last identified herd was on April 25. Is this fizzling out? Could be. Or, more likely, it’s continuing to spread without us knowing. Testing animals and humans is still voluntary, and asymptomatic testing is not happening. We are flying blind. This is nicely demonstrated in wastewater. There are quite a few areas where Flu A is “high” or “medium” in wastewater– indicating H5N1 since we are out of flu season– but where herds have not been identified. There is still just one confirmed human case. I would not be ...

Why do 2 congressmen support ‘two big lies?’

These Two Big Lies live on to this day: “The Election of 2020 was stolen;” and, “the Capitol was not violently attacked on January 6.” All available evidence completely refutes these baseless fabrications.. But don’t tell that to Congressmen Glenn Thompson and Dan Meuser. Most of of their supporters don’t want to hear it and they don’t want to lose their jobs. It is hard not to wonder if Proverbs 12;19 got it backwards in declaring: “Truth will last forever. But lies last only a moment.” The Two Big Lies of 2021 appear capable of lasting forever. They are so stubborn ...

Western civilization vs. higher learning

What pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian campus extremists, fueled by dark money and outside agitators, are demanding is not co-existence of Palestine and Israel. Instead, they are advocating the total obliteration of America’s closest ally, to establish a Palestinian state that stretches from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. This is a dog whistle, an insidious call to any fanatical radical or fringe groups, whose sole pursuit is destruction, fear, and hate to join the fight against the West, American values, and the Jewish people. The faculty and administration at world-renowned ...

EV vote drives marginalized the wrong way

In a pivotal vote affecting America’s automotive landscape, a bipartisan effort to halt the EPA’s strict emissions standards was defeated. This crucial piece of legislation from Senators Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, aimed to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s punitive and unachievable emissions standards that would effectively mandate a near-complete shift to electric vehicles by 2032. The EPA policy in question, which will limit consumer choice and undermine national security, merits further examination for its effects on marginalized ...

The right sort of nostalgia makes America’s democracy work better

BEDFORD — For a brief moment, it was like stepping back in time when a series of 1920s Bentley Roadsters chugged up along the ridge of the winding Lincoln Highway in the mountains of Somerset County. The drivers and passengers alike were wearing goggles, their scarves billowing in the wind. The smiles on their faces, so carefree and joyful, were something you wished you could bottle and save for yourself. It was only when an 18-wheeler with bright Dollar General signs on both sides came barreling up behind them that the whimsical spell was broken. What is it about seeing ...

We need to live and let live

I have long puzzled over why it is that the radical right is so obsessed with sex: abortion, birth control, IVF, homosexuality, transsexualism, drag shows. Why? Why be concerned that people are different, as long as they are not hurting someone else or infringing on the lives of others? Let’s just take one example: abortion. I get that some people may feel that this is “killing babies” but that’s not always the case. There are many cases in which women who very much want their babies are unable to give birth for medical reasons. However, the laws which many states are adopting ...