Today's NYT quotes
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jenkIn all cultures, priesthoods assert their authority by regulating sex and diet, the easily abused preconditions for survival.
A tip comes from a customer; a lagniappe goes to a customer. It is that 13th doughnut thrown in when you buy a dozen, a little something extra. (I take no position on anyone's eating 13 doughnuts. This is ''The Ethicist,'' not ''The Nutritionist.'')
Oddly enough, the first American law about marijuana, passed by the Virginia Assembly in 1619, required every household to grow it. Hemp was considered a valuable commodity.
Not long after marijuana was outlawed in 1937, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics planned to stage a nationwide roundup of black jazz musicians who smoked pot. Harry J. Anslinger, head of the bureau, hated jazz and saw it as a corrupting influence in American life. The plan was thwarted, however, by the inability of its agents to infiltrate the jazz milieu.
If Jennifer, my niece, is brave enough to donate an organ alive, how can I be scared of doing it dead?
[R]esearchers found, people with guns are 16 times as likely to commit suicide using guns. The explanation may lie in the unforgiving nature of firearms, said the author of the study, Dr. Douglas J. Wiebe, who conducted the research at the University of California at Los Angeles and is now at the University of Pennsylvania. "People who are shot are substantially more likely to die than people injured with nongun weapons," Dr. Wiebe said.
The truth about cats and dogs is that dogs seem to be worse, at least for people with asthma. [...] Apart from cats and dogs, the researchers looked at nine other allergens, including mites, molds, cockroaches and other sources like trees and grass. While it was true that cats caused the most reactions in the 809 patients studied — about 72 percent reacted — dogs, which affected 38 percent of the patients, caused the most severe reactions. [...] "Definitely I would suggest someone be skin-tested before they remove a dog from the home," Dr. Craig said.
A tip comes from a customer; a lagniappe goes to a customer. It is that 13th doughnut thrown in when you buy a dozen, a little something extra. (I take no position on anyone's eating 13 doughnuts. This is ''The Ethicist,'' not ''The Nutritionist.'')
Oddly enough, the first American law about marijuana, passed by the Virginia Assembly in 1619, required every household to grow it. Hemp was considered a valuable commodity.
Not long after marijuana was outlawed in 1937, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics planned to stage a nationwide roundup of black jazz musicians who smoked pot. Harry J. Anslinger, head of the bureau, hated jazz and saw it as a corrupting influence in American life. The plan was thwarted, however, by the inability of its agents to infiltrate the jazz milieu.
If Jennifer, my niece, is brave enough to donate an organ alive, how can I be scared of doing it dead?
[R]esearchers found, people with guns are 16 times as likely to commit suicide using guns. The explanation may lie in the unforgiving nature of firearms, said the author of the study, Dr. Douglas J. Wiebe, who conducted the research at the University of California at Los Angeles and is now at the University of Pennsylvania. "People who are shot are substantially more likely to die than people injured with nongun weapons," Dr. Wiebe said.
The truth about cats and dogs is that dogs seem to be worse, at least for people with asthma. [...] Apart from cats and dogs, the researchers looked at nine other allergens, including mites, molds, cockroaches and other sources like trees and grass. While it was true that cats caused the most reactions in the 809 patients studied — about 72 percent reacted — dogs, which affected 38 percent of the patients, caused the most severe reactions. [...] "Definitely I would suggest someone be skin-tested before they remove a dog from the home," Dr. Craig said.
