Author: Amy Ridenour

Yushchenko, Putin and Poison — Or Not

I hate to use a cliche, but when it comes to allegations by doctors in Vienna that Ukraine opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by dioxin, possibly after it was put in his food, I have to wonder: What ...
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Bush and Putin: Tougher Road Ahead?

From the December 12 Boston Globe: A debate is brewing at the highest levels of the Bush administration over whether to adopt a tougher stance toward Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, who has systematically rolled back democratic freedoms and ...
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Dr. Donald R. May: We Should Not Covet Canada’s Drugs

In this TownHall.com column, Dr. Donald R. May explains more about the pitfalls of prescription drug importation from Canada. I've been posting this week about how U.S. importation of drugs from Canada can be unsafe for Americans. Dr. May explains ...
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Foundation College: Comming Soon

Would you trust your future to a college that can't spell? (If you pay federal taxes, you are subsidizing it.) ...
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Blood Electrification Devices Amaze Coffee Spills Blogger

Coffee Spills blog nearly choked on her java when she learned of the latest in medical cures: "Blood electrification." I see one can spend nearly $3,000 for a blood electrification device, if one chooses. As Coffee Spills notes, blood electrification ...
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Drug Reimportation Safety Issue Debate Continues

Michelle Malkin has responded to my post disagreeing with her December 8 assessment of the drug reimportation safety issue, asking: "The problem of counterfeit drugs surely is worse in Third World countries than in the U.S., but is there any ...
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Drug Reimportation: Michelle Malkin and I Disagree

I hate to do it (especially as just last month, I publicly invited Michelle and her family to move from her blue county to our red county next door), but I have to quibble with Michelle Malkin's December 8 post ...
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Predictable, But Perhaps Unexpected

One might file this under the category of be careful what you wish for ...
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Kofi Annan’s Resignation: A Realistic View

Captain Ed has a good line in an essay about continuing support abroad for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan: Well, now there's a shock: the majority of the world's kleptocracies support the man who presided over the largest swindle in ...
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New Word is Right To The Point

Bronson Yake has gifted the blogosphere with a new word, as in "On blause, be back after finals." Seems a fast and easy way to tell readers you haven't given up on your blog -- you just have to take ...
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