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Medicine Politics

The Tripoli Six: The blogosphere keeps up the pressure

I wrote last week about the Tripoli Six, six health care workers who were jailed by Libya on trumped up charges of infecting patients at a hospital they worked at with HIV. Since then, many other have chimed in, and the most recent count of blog posts about this case is well over 100. According […]

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Skepticism/critical thinking

It’s that time again…

It’s coming fast. In fact, it’s almost here. Yes, the Skeptics’ Circle, the blog carnival for afficianados of skepticism, science, and critical thinking, is due to appear at Salto Sobrius on Thursday, September 28. That means you only have two days to get your best skeptical blogging together to submit to Martin if you want […]

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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine

Alternative medicine and breast cancer

After the three posts that I recently did about vaccination have garnered well over 250 comments between the three of them (and still counting), I thought it might be time to switch topics. As important as they are, I don’t want this blog to become all vaccines all the time. (After all, look what happened […]

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Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Here’s one not to miss: Richard Dawkins on the Colbert Report

Thanks to Norm, I recently found out that Richard Dawkins now has a web page (the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science). Certainly, any self-respecting skeptic would have to add that one to his sidebar, which I’ve now done. Even though I don’t always agree with the vociferousness of some of Dawkin’s views, he […]

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History

Carnival of Bad History!

Here’s a belated notice that the Carnival of Bad History #9 has been posted at World History Blog. Enjoy!