Did you know that Bayer synthesized and named heroin (then Heroin) barely more than 100 years ago? “The Sedative for Coughs,” it was. You could run down to the drugstore and buy a little 5-gram bottle of it. Can you imagine the disaster that would be today? (I actually think said disaster is anything but … Read more
I don’t think I’d care for Barack Obama to win the presidency. He has far too much interest in making the government larger. On that topic, I loved this turn by John Derbyshire today: (Ron) Paul remains the only candidate talking about limited constitutional government. The others are all: “I’ll make the federal government do … Read more
“We had 300 people outside, literally freezing to death,” Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton marveled on Tuesday before a crowd in Iowa City. No word on what she and/or her campaign staff ultimately did with the bodies, or how far along they were when she made the remark. The Clinton body count is serious business.