Policy & Ethics

When asked what kept him awake at night, General James Mattis famously answered, "Nothing. I keep other people awake at night." But not everybody is as courageously confident as "Mad Dog" Mattis.

Facebook just announced that it tossed off screwball Mike Adams for "violating our policies against spam [and] us[ing] misleading or inaccurate information to collect likes, followers, or shares."

Retractions in science are a fact of life. Sometimes, the published literature is wrong, and when it is discovered, the paper is often stricken from the scientific record.

Social media in general, and Twitter in particular, is an absolute sewer pipe.

The public forum is dominated by discussions surrounding access to medical care. In part, calls for expanded “health care” abound with the term often a misnomer.

   

When you think about death, what sort of thoughts come to mind?

A 16-year-old girl uses her social media account to post a question: Should I kill myself? Sixty-nine percent of people who responded said yes. So she did.

Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. And I'm not talking about ancient history. I'm talking about 18 years ago.

Pop quiz: What do the New York Times, Jeffrey "the yogic flying instructor" Smith, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have in common?