Here’s another sign this winter is an anomaly: We got our first major snowfall just as the TV commercials for agricultural chemicals were starting up again. In winters when major snowfalls started in October, commercials for weed and insect killers…
Taking a shot at the question of compulsory vaccination
The Minnesota Legislature last week heard poignant testimony from parents who believe their children died of adverse reactions to common and quasi-mandatory vaccinations. Their accounts illustrate one of the harsh ironies of modern medicine. Vaccines that save the lives of…
Plan shows Medicare’s original flaws
Public concern over the cost of drugs for the elderly is widespread and many elected officials from both major parties have expressed support for adding some prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program. President Bush addressed the issue in his…
Truth for ethanol co-ops: Incentives have consequences
It is far from clear what changes, if any, Minnesota will make in its ethanol programs in reaction to actual and anticipated budget deficits. But if it does stop payments that were implicitly promised to 13 plants built in response…