Richie Poulton University of Otago Avshalom Caspi Duke University Terrie Moffitt Duke University Most people welcomed the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19, yet a non-trivial minority did not. Vaccine-resistant people tend to hold strong views and assertively reject conventional medical or public health recommendations. This is
The word for today is… peremptory (adjective): a : putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay specifically : not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply b : admitting of no contradiction 2 : expressive of urgency or command 3a : characterized by often imperious
Whenever well-off hippy types try to extol the virtues of “organic” farming, it’s worth pointing out that organic farming was the default for nearly all of the past 12,000 years. For all that time, 99.9% of the comparatively tiny human population lived on a monotonous diet
Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is the Content Manager and Brand Ambassador for the Foundation for Economic Education. Warning Long Read. 2739 words. True feminism is the belief that all people should have equal rights, equal opportunity, and equal command of their own destiny. Unfortunately, there are factions of
The word for today is… disheveled (adjective): marked by disorder or disarray Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Disheveled comes from Middle English discheveled, meaning “bareheaded” or “with disordered hair.” That word is partially based on Anglo-French deschevele, a combination of the prefix des- (“dis-“) and chevoil (“hair”). In English, disheveled
Debbie Lerman brownstone.org Debbie Lerman has a degree in English from Harvard. She is a retired science writer and a practicing artist in Philadelphia, PA. When the Covid vaccines first came out, I thought everyone should get at least one shot. My belief was based on evidence that the
April 6th, 2022. As the Covid restrictions are being removed and life returns to a semblance of normality it was time for another day out. It was a beautiful spring day, a clear blue sky and 15°C when I hit the road. The prospect of a 200-mile drive
The word for today is… sycophant (noun): a servile self-seeking flatterer Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In ancient Greece, sykophantes meant “slanderer.” It derives from two other Greek words, sykon (meaning “fig”) and phainein (meaning “to show or reveal”). How did fig revealers become slanderers? One theory has to do
The word for today is… schadenfreude (noun – often capitalised): : enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Schadenfreude is a combination of the German nouns Schaden, meaning “damage” or “harm,” and Freude, meaning “joy.” So it makes sense that schadenfreude means joy over some harm or misfortune
Helen Watt mercatornet.com How would it feel to learn that you were once condemned to — then reprieved from — life-ending experimentation? How would it feel to raise a much-loved son or daughter who nearly ended his or her life on a laboratory slide? These are not abstract questions
The word for today is… jettison (verb): 1 : to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision 2 : to drop (cargo) to lighten a ship’s load in time of distress 3 : to drop from
Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D. Stephan received the B. S. in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. Following a year of graduate study at Cornell, he received the Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta as an
Capitalist Information Opinion As I write under the pen name of ‘Capitalist’ (chosen because ‘Sex God’ seemed unlikely to result in anything being published) it is appropriate to discuss profit-making undertakings and issue a word of caution about something which has troubled me for a while. When you invest
The word for today is… bona fides (noun): 1 : good faith : sincerity 2 : the fact of being genuine —often plural in construction 3 : evidence of one’s good faith or genuineness —often plural in construction 4 : evidence of one’s qualifications or achievements —often plural in construction Source : Merriam -Webster
Robert Bridge rt.com Robert Bridge is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of Midnight in the American Empire: How Corporations and Their Political Servants are Destroying the American Dream. The spectacle of comedian Chris Rock being assaulted at the Academy Awards by Will Smith reveals something
How can a woman be raped when there are no men anywhere nearby? Because not all the “ladies” present were women. Once again, the rampant misogyny inherent in transgender ideology has been exposed by a shocking case in Britain. A woman was raped on a single-sex ward at an
