Michael Fumento
It was a proud moment when the Philippines, where I lived for over five years, became the first country to accept biotech Golden Rice. That was in 2021. It’s now a dismal moment that the nation’s highest courts, acting independently…
The GLP-1 agonist drugs you have almost certainly heard about, with such names as Wegovy and Ozempic, are the biggest wonder drugs since antibiotics. I know because I asked a couple of AI chatbots if it were true and they…
“I think that I shall never see, a poem as lovely as a tree.” Everyone loves trees. When one grew in Brooklyn, it merited a whole book. (Sorta.) Which is part of the appeal of planting trees to reduce ambient…
Part of the divide and conquer aspect of history’s greatest social engineering project, the COVID “panic-demic,” was urging workers to stay home. Preferably masked, but whatever. But the panic is long over despite the heroic efforts of some to return…
“The loss of bees puts the entire global food supply at risk, and because of this, the race is on to save them,” states a December tech newsletter. “Save the Bees reports that bee populations have decreased by more than…
For some reason, a lot of conservatives have a knee-jerk negative reaction to lab-created meat. I checked the writings of the likes of Edmund Burke and John Locke and found nothing on this. Likewise with P.J. O’Rourke — though doubtless,…
It wasn’t the best of news for sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). But neither was it dismal. It does appear that the first FDA-approved gene therapy, called Elevidys, can, with a one-time administration, slow the progression of the disease…
A lot of men who have seen combat refuse to talk about it. Which is too bad for both them and for us. PTSD is a very real problem (I have been in combat with at least two people I…
The Biden administration is pumping $7 billion to kickstart development and production of CO2-free hydrogen fuel. It’s an idea that deserves to go down in flames like the Hindenburg (“Oh, the humanity!”) — unless you happen to be among the rent-seekers…
The highly respected journal STAT has just published an article declaring that the dreaded “Long COVID is a new name for an old syndrome.” Preposterous! Incredible! Absurd! Ridiculous! Farcical! Toss in a few more synonyms! No, not at all. Just…
