A poem by Emily Dickinson
My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to see If immortality unveils A third event to me. So huge, so hopeless to conceive As these that twice befell, Parting is all we know of heaven And all we know of hell.
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It’s time to stand up to “flying rats” a.k.a Seagulls
Letter to The Sun: Vicious seagulls are taking over our country. The decline of the fishing industry has left less food for these feathered menaces to scavenge from the docks, so tens of thousands of them have taken up residence in inland towns and cities. And they aren’t just poking through rubbish bins. These “flying …
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The British political system is bankrupt (and in good company)
The Queen, who by tradition does not comment on politics, is quoted as saying that the political class is incapable of governing. Amen to that. Robert Unger, a philosopher at Harvard, says that European politicians don’t know how to do anything apart from splitting the difference, and are incapable of facing up to fundamental problems. This …
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Good news, we hope: a new approach to cancer
From The Guardian: Scientists have opened up a new front in the war against cancer, aimed not so much at curing the disease as disarming it, so that it becomes a “manageable” condition. Just as bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics, cancers can mutate to become resistant to the drugs used to treat them, which …
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Drug deaths in the US and some unintended consequences. No. 2
Well-intentioned policies can have unintended consequences. For example, while the rate of new opioid prescriptions has fallen in recent years, a large number of physicians have stopped initiating opioids altogether. While that may sound like a good thing, it’s not clear whether this does more good or harm to patients in severe pain. This isn’t …
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