Yes, I said “Wacky”

It seems that a few readers have taken exception to my characterization of Jenny McCarthy (and her anti-vaccine crusade) as “wacky,” so I thought I’d explain some of the wackiness, as I see it…
Her motivation stems from her child’s display of autistic symptoms that she only began to notice after he received his first vaccines. [...]

Amanda Peet versus Jenny McCarthy! But alas, no Wrestling…

This Holywood anti-vaccine thing is really getting fun. Apparently, Amanda Peet has decided to enter in on the side of evidence and medicine. Watch the video (it’s easier than reading) — toward the end you get to see JM do a nice bit of fear mongering… Meanwhile, I’m of to Mr. Skin to do a search on “Peet”, cao!

Wheatgrass and Autism

Michael Shermer has a short article over at Scietnific American titled “How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Result.” It touches on both my posts over the last two days. He’s a smart guy. You may know him as the “skeptic” on several History Channel programs; he is also a former Evangelical Christian. I reccomend his books [...]

The Alternative Medicine of Genocide

Radovan Karadzic has been caught. The leader of an area of Bosnia dominated by “Serbs” (that is to say Orthodox Christians) — he was in control during the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in the town of Srebrenica in 1995 and the 43-month siege of Sarajevo, where 11,000 people died from sniper fire, mortar attacks, starvation, and illness.

I am writing [...]