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Pseudoscience, Protein Wars, and RFK Jr.’s Merry Band of Nitwits

I can’t help but be fascinated by RFK Jr. It’s kind of like driving by a motor vehicle accident-horrifying and yet you can’t look away. Granted, we live in strange times and there is so much to be horrified by that I have to take it in small doses. For years I’ve tried to helpContinueContinue reading “Pseudoscience, Protein Wars, and RFK Jr.’s Merry Band of Nitwits”

L Was a Personal Friend of Mine: Autism and Savant Skills

So, it was 1978, and I had managed to get accepted to Yeshiva University’s doctoral program in school psychology. Good news, right? But as my father once told me, you try and try to make the team, and then you have to come off the bench and play the game. At that point in myContinueContinue reading “L Was a Personal Friend of Mine: Autism and Savant Skills”

But For Vaccines, You Probably Wouldn’t Be Reading This Post

If you’ve followed my blog, you know that I didn’t get into this to change the world. There I was in Japan, with my little Samsung tablet and a cheap Bluetooth keyboard. On my own on the other side of the world, in the most foreign place I’ve ever been. I wanted to send someContinueContinue reading “But For Vaccines, You Probably Wouldn’t Be Reading This Post”