Bob McCarty Writes

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 cells [...]

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An article in yesterday’s Daily Mail exposed as fact news that Barack Obama is relying upon actor George Clooney for advice.
“Advice on what?” you ask. According to the UK newspaper’s web site, he’s relying upon the left-wing loony actor for advice on matters ranging from public speaking and body language to foreign policy and [...]

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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 [...]

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Writer Anthony Browne opines about China being “the real master of the universe” in an article published in the UK’s Daily Mail today. While addressing many topics, the one discussed in the paragraph below caused me to pause and reflect:
What would those Victorian masters of old have made of the fact that Chinese security [...]

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In an article yesterday, the UK’s Daily Mail reported two people had died and two more are fighting for their lives after the organs they had received from their now-deceased donor were discovered to be cancerous. News like this makes the prospect of becoming a Piano Donor look more attractive than ever.

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