A Defense of the English System
  My defense of a sensible system, with measures of length and volume geared to a human scale.
  DeNotrechats
  While the "Dogs Played Poker" in the famous scene, what were the cats doing? They were up in the manor house, dressed elegantly and playing bridge.
  A Diatribe on Modern Medicine and the Common Cold
  Why haven't these high-paid doctors found a cure?
  Dr. Newmeyer's Method of "Quick Psychotherapy"
  "Why can't everyone be as even-tempered as me? How can I help people to snap out of a bad temper?"
  Dress for Sveltness (or, A Diatribe Against Diets)
  An argument that, for keeping those pounds off, burning calories to stay warm in a cool climate is superior to demoralizing diet or tedious exercise.
  Drug Abuse and Public Policy Failures
  Does drug abuse treatment do any good? Have we been "too little, too late" in fighting the speed epidemic? What fundamental truths about substance use are our politicians blind to?
  The Duesberg Heresy
  Some easy epidemiological exercises to test the Duesberg hypothesis that HIV is not the cause of AIDS.
   

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