Will the two party system finally collapse?

It’s beginning to appear this election cycle that the pundit class and the establishment politicians inhabiting the insular bubble that is the District of Criminals are flummoxed. They can’t fathom why the hoi polloi will not fall in line behind establishment-approved candidates. For all the establishment’s machinations, The Donald will not go away. His “impolitic,”…

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Awe and wonder provide awesome and wonderful health benefits

If you’ve been putting off a trip to a natural wonder or awe-inspiring landmark, you may be doing so to the detriment of your health. Researchers at Stanford University and the University of Minnesota conducted studies on a topic that has received little scientific observation: how being awe-inspired by “something immense in size, number, scope,…

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10 early warning signs of Alzheimer’s

A new study indicates that an unlikely candidate for drug treatment of Alzheimer’s has appeared… the little blue pill that treats ED. Scientists found a 44 percent lower risk of Alzheimer’s in those who received 21 to 50 prescriptions of the erectile dysfunction pills (PDE5 inhibitors) throughout their study. Why might this be so? If…

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A new Civil War in America?

The Civil War’s first casualties from hostile fire came not on soil in a Confederate State, but in Baltimore, Maryland on this date, April 19, back in 1861. Maryland was a border State divided between loyalty to the Union and the Southern cause. President Abraham Lincoln had received just 2 percent of Baltimore’s vote for…

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‘Purple pill’ problems: GERD and dementia

A new study published in the journal Neurology found people who took drugs called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for more than 4.4 years had a 33 percent higher risk of dementia. Some common names they are marketed under are Prilosec®, Prevacid®, and Nexium®. They, along with other proton pump inhibitors, as well as all “antacids” create…

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Is it time for a majority of Americans to turn to libertarianism?

Young Americans appear less likely to vote in 2024 than they did in 2020, which was a record-setting year for youth turnout, and have an increased distrust in every political institution except the military, according to a biannual Harvard Institute of Politics poll. In fact if the election were held between Biden, Trump, Kennedy, Manchin,…

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