As we are in the heat of the presidential election this year, it has become increasingly clear to me that we don’t really understand some simple truths about these campaigns that might help explain what the candidates say or don’t say. These things are true of both current candidates and probably all future candidates. InContinue reading “Inconvenient Truths and Realistic Expectations about Presidential Elections”
Author Archives: Martin Root
Endorsements from Former Colleagues of Donald Trump
This is largely from an well-researched CNN piece dated Oct 3, 2023, “24 Former Trump Allies and Aides Who Turned Against Him” by Zachary B. Wolf October 3, 2023.I also amended that material with further quotes from an excellent NY Times article, “What 17 of Trump’s ‘Best People’ Said About Him” by Sarah Longwell, Jan.Continue reading “Endorsements from Former Colleagues of Donald Trump”
Dr. Rand Paul vs Dr. Anthony Fauci
It has been a while since I added to this blog. My apologies. I have been busy being retired. (A little joke there.) Today I will correct that with a short piece in reaction to a recent article by Rand Paul in Imprimis. For those of you who are not familiar with Imprimis, it isContinue reading “Dr. Rand Paul vs Dr. Anthony Fauci”
Risks of Alcohol
The understanding of the risks involved in drinking alcohol has changed over time. This blog is on the current understanding of those risks. Most of us probably have the general view that one to two drinks a day won’t hurt us too badly and may even do us some good. Until recently, this was theContinue reading “Risks of Alcohol”
Will Ruminant Cattle Save Us?
Introduction After reviewing Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet by Dr. Fanzo in my last blog post, a friend replied with a post about “Sacred Cow”, a book and movie with a very different take on eating beef, basically saying that cattle can help save the planet. The argument was all very well researched andContinue reading “Will Ruminant Cattle Save Us?”
Can eating dinner make you healthier, save the planet, and help people in Mozambique?
A Review of Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet? by Jessica Fanzo, PhD (published 2021 by Johns Hopkins University Press) (I started out to write this as a book review in which I would briefly touch on the book’s content and the author’s point of view and then critique the good and disappointing parts ofContinue reading “Can eating dinner make you healthier, save the planet, and help people in Mozambique?”
Pro-Life Meets Pro-Choice
Let’s start with a story. In March of 1975 my wife baked a birthday cake when our first child was three months old. We took it to church that Sunday and shared it with friends as a celebration of our son’s “first birthday” as a statement that he had been alive and a real personContinue reading “Pro-Life Meets Pro-Choice”
Paradigms, Darwin, and Medieval French Poetry
Have you ever heard about or discussed a paradigm or a paradigm shift in your field? A paradigm is a framework or a theory that defines or holds a particular field, often scientific, together. Maybe you heard some talking head on TV explain how some current event has caused a paradigm shift of some importantContinue reading “Paradigms, Darwin, and Medieval French Poetry”
Not So Dirty Dozen
Part 2 In the previous post of this series, I explained how apples, as a perennial member of the EWG Dirty Dozen, are not so dirty and are, in fact, surprisingly clean for a fruit that is in a constant battle with an array of natural pesty enemies. We examined the Toxicology in that previousContinue reading “Not So Dirty Dozen”
Not So Dirty Dozen
(I don’t want to bore you with my credentials, so if you want to see why I think I am qualified to criticize this website scroll to the bottom of this article.) I recently came upon the 2022 version of the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen. This is a yearly posting from this group thatContinue reading “Not So Dirty Dozen”
The Root of the Matter Blog 