Bob McCarty Writes

Providing what blogger Wesley J. Smith describes as “your 24/7 seminar on bioethics and the importance of being human,” the Secondhand Smoke blog covers a wide range of life-and-death topics.  Recently, he published two posts about proposals by people in the medical community that put young and old alike at risk. In a post published [...]

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In a post at American Thinker today, Rosslyn Smith wonders whether Eric Holder, the man Barack Obama has selected to serve as the next attorney general, has memory problems.  She writes: Holder’s Selective Memory Syndrome? It seems that Attorney General Designee Eric Holder that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to hire him to sort out [...]

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I almost forgot that today is World Alzheimer’s Day.  But I didn’t. Twenty-six million people across the world are living with Alzheimer’s, according to a news release from the Alzheimer’s Association, and that number will quadruple by 2050.  By mid-century, more than 100 million people will be living with this degenerative disease that kills brain [...]

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A new drug is said to be more than twice as effective as current treatments, according to a Daily Mail Online report today. In fact, British scientists say, it halts the devastating progress of Alzheimer’s disease. Wow! That sounds good and all, but will it be effective against Partzheimer’s. Partzheimer’s (a.k.a., Convenient Memory-Loss Syndrome) is [...]

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In a Front Page Magazine article this morning, Ben Johnson mentions Hillary Clinton’s history of talking to “dead spirits” such as Eleanor Roosevelt and provides a link to a 1996 article featuring audio clips (153K AIFF or WAV sound) of a CNN interview with one-time spiritual advisor to Hillary, Jean Houston. After reading the article [...]

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During nearly a quarter-century of marriage, I’ve been conditioned by my wife to be self-conscious about the size of my forehead — the one she likes to describe as “Enormous!” That said, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I was interested in what followed this headline: How Big Is Your Brain? Its [...]

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Earlier today, I published a post about legendary actor, civil rights leader and political activist Charlton Heston who passed away today, at the age of 84. Below is a statement issued by the Heston family: “To his loving friends, colleagues and fans, we appreciate your heartfelt prayers and support. Charlton Heston was seen by the [...]

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