
Key moments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first hearing as he battled Dems, fended off attacks on vaccines, climate change and obesity
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, squared off with Democratic senators for more than four hours in a contentious confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee…
Stay Well: Why do we have wisdom teeth and should I have mine taken out?
Sometime in the 4th century BC, Aristotle wrote The History of Animals, in which he documented creatures’ anatomy and compared it to that of humans…
Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first confirmation hearing as Trump’s nominee for health secretary
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two Senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary. Kennedy is seeking to lead the Department of Health and Human Services…BOOK EXCERPT: Upington Tales II — Spanish bulls in the veld, farming Kalahari-style and a quirky camera shop
It’s a proper treasure trove of Karoo stories, where sheep never get fat, early Sixties decor never gets old and a Gentile act of wartime humanity is never forgotten…
Property rights will be upheld in KwaZulu-Natal, MEC Martin Meyer says
As the biggest land owner in the province, Meyer’s public works and infrastructure department will be releasing 133 properties on public tender…
Kumbh Mela tragedy: 30 dead in pre-dawn human stampede in India
PM Modi expressed condolences, calling the stampede “extremely sad…Banish Those Winter Blues With Stephan Moccio’s Chill Out Playlist
T.S. Eliot was wrong – it’s January that is the longest month. Home to a New Year hangover, enforced sobriety, Blue Monday, and the longest wait for a monthly pay slip in human history, January is quite possibly the bleakest of our 12 months. But fear not…
‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Andrew Jarecki’s Powerful Exposé of a Prison System Where Sanctified Lawlessness Is the Law
The Alabama Solution” is one of the most powerful exposés of the inhumanity of the American prison system I’ve ever seen. Directed by Andrew Jarecki (“Capturing the Friedmans,” “The Jinx”) and Charlotte Kaufman, the movie is a scalding portrait of life on the inside that exerts a grip worthy of a thriller…
Column: No one polices men’s bodies the way we police women’s bodies
As President Trump takes a hammer to reproductive rights, a Mississippi legislator proposes making it illegal to ejaculate without the ‘intent to fertilize an embryo…