"Experts" would have you believe that cataracts are only caused by blue light. These same "experts" are also warning you that exposure to blue light will mess up your circadian rhythms. Well, the truth is if you stay awake past 10:00 p.m., even if you're sitting in the dark, you're screwing up... Read More

Support the global pharmaceutical and agroscience industries. Buy an over bloated, genetically modified, chemical monstrosity for Thanksgiving! Jim Hightower (There’s Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos, 1997) wrote … “Ninety percent of the half-billi... Read More

Fras. Dana Jr. ("Mesmerism," The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Dec. 23, 1846) wrote ... "In England, the subject has obtained a foothold, and gained many converts, owing, in a great degree, to the exertion of Dr. [John] Elliotson [1791-1868]. This gentleman, whose reputation is well known ... Read More

A French Royal Commission, appointed by Louis XVI in 1784, supposedly disproved Mesmerism, associating it with imagination and quackery, although one of the committee members, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, dissented. Critics of Mesmerism fail to mention the existence of an 1831 French Commission. ... Read More

Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was a prolific English writer. She's often called the first female sociologist. Perhaps her most controversial book was about Mesmerism and her personal healing by it in 1844. Harriet Martineau (Letters on Mesmerism, Second Edition, 1845) wrote ... "As for t... Read More