The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of its “Doomsday Clock” forward 30 seconds, putting it at 2 minutes to midnight, the nearest to nuclear Armageddon that it’s been since its creation in 1947. There can be only one response to such an alarming development: “What a load of hooey!”
Today's Commentary: Criticizing Conservative Women -- Dog coughs up FBI texts-- Superior women's health care -- Here comes soccer -- Finding a lost dog -- One film you might want to see -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
Today, President Trump will give a major speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The linked article gives some interesting background on the event (Forum membership alone costs over $52,000; event tickets can add another $19,000; and I bet that doesn’t even include your nachos and Dr. Pepper).
Last weekend was the second annual “Women’s March,” featuring a lot of profane anti-Trump signs and rants about the rights women have lost, but precious few details about what those might be.
Yesterday, the Senate confirmed former Bush-era Health and Human Services official Alex Azar as the new Secretary of HHS. He’s also the first former pharmaceutical company executive to run HHS, having formerly been president of a US division of Eli Lilly.
Great news: Researchers in San Francisco announced that they’ve found a new way to create stem cells for research that doesn’t require killing human embryos.
Today's Commentary: Harvard: Christianity growing stronger in America -- Kabul attack-- Richards to step down -- Justice Dept. reminds sanctuary cities -- Unicorns -- President Trump cracks down on crime -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries
President Trump made shock waves by saying he looks forward to being questioned by Russian collusion investigator Robert Mueller “as soon as possible,” and will gladly do it under oath.
It’s always baffled me how politics can override medical common sense. For instance, giving a minor a Tylenol without parental permission can get a school nurse fired, but it’s okay to arrange an abortion for that same minor without even telling her parents.