Category Archives: political campaigns

Who rejects allopathic* medicine? Quacks

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Naomi

*Allopathic medicine, or allopathy, is an archaic and derogatory label originally used by 19th-century homeopaths to describe heroic medicine, the precursor of modern evidence-based medicine. — Wikipedia My mom used to slam the term “quack” on any practitioner of non-scientific … Continue reading →

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Lying is performance art

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Naomi

Years ago, against my prejudice, I allowed a friend to drag me to a species of — oh, that’s not fair — an event called performance art. (Why were we sitting in the front row?) My pre-judgment had been right. … Continue reading →

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Just now I looked at the election map of Turkey

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Naomi

Why? Because the Times printed it with a story about yesterday’s national election — for which there will be a run-off since no one (meaning the autocratic Erdogan) got a majority. The map looked oddly familiar, somewhat like post-election maps … Continue reading →

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