There is this large electronic billboard on I-35 that acts as a death toll clicker here in Austin. Just last week it read, “3,318 Deaths This Year on Texas Roads.” I watch the number rise each year starting in January. It doesn’t move up one by one – deaths are...
There’s a lot of talk about mumps lately. With several reported outbreaks this year and recent cases turning up in Texas, the media is all a-buzz with breaking-news headlines and maps pinpointing where cases are suspected – tactics used to create grave concern....
“Cool free-thinkers in Texas are doing their part to “keep Austin weird” by promoting conditions that could lead to deadly outbreaks of funky retro diseases.” Ho-hum, here we go again. Slate contributor Ruth Graham took a turn with the same tired euphemisms to attack...
Manure… Dung… Cowplop… Meadow muffins… Fertilizer isn’t pleasant to be around and is made of things humans should just not consume. It is the malodorous waste and breakdown of what was once good. It rots and decomposes. Worms LOVE to play...
The Immunization Partnership (TIP) is at it again… The above linked article is written by Sara Farmer, a mom who lost her precious baby. We want to reach out and cry with her because so many of our own have died as well. So many live with lifelong vaccine...
