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Sharing the Women and Wine at Woodstock
Monday, 31 August 2009, 11:09 am | Martha Rosenberg
No one was texting Mom im ok bt wet from Woodstock says the New York Times' Gail Collins, one of the few columnists to admit having been there. (And how old are you?) More >>
Can You Back-to-School Shop with $300?
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 2:38 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Progressives and conservatives do agree on something! The US bailout has done nothing but anoint and embolden fat cat financiers to do it again. (How much does AIG's new CEO, Robert H. Benmosche, make? $7 million a year.) More >>
The John Hughes I Was Lucky Enough To Know
Monday, 17 August 2009, 3:32 pm | Martha Rosenberg
"Variety says I have more starts than MGM," said John Hughes on the phone, a little baffled by Hollywood's reflexive embrace of him as the next great director. More >>
Recession Comes Home to Roost in Il Condo Market
Monday, 10 August 2009, 3:08 pm | Martha Rosenberg
At first, the crater in the ground where the basement was supposed to be before crews quit working looked like the aftermath of a drone attack. More >>
Palin May Be Gone But Language Threats Remain
Monday, 3 August 2009, 10:07 am | Martha Rosenberg
Now that we no longer have Sarah Palin to misunderestimate anymore let's do away with some other threats to the language. 1) Phone Bots Just when we got used to phone mail "Hals" saying, "I'll record your message now," and "I'll try that number," we ... More >>
Which is worse? the Germs or the Antibiotics?
Monday, 27 July 2009, 11:06 am | Martha Rosenberg
If you want to lose weight the late comic Gilda Radner used to say, eat your lunch next to a car wreck. But this summer all you have to do is eat the food the FDA approves. More >>
Think You'll Marry After 40? Dream On!
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 2:16 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Good news, single women over 40! Your chances of getting married have been promoted from less than the chance of being harmed by terrorists to less than the chance of becoming Secretary of State or Speaker of the House. More >>
Martha Rosenberg: Doctors Boo Obama in Chicago
Monday, 6 July 2009, 8:59 am | Martha Rosenberg
When President Obama told gathered physicians at the American Medical Association's annual meeting in his home town this month, "I’m not advocating caps on malpractice awards which I believe can be unfair to people who've been wrongfully harmed," ... More >>
The 25 Most Dangerous Bumper Stickers
Monday, 29 June 2009, 12:43 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Americans love their bumper stickers. But with people enraged over the tanking economy, some can put you at undue risk. More >>
Seroquel, Zyprexa and Geodon for Kids?
Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:06 am | Martha Rosenberg
Seroquel, Zyprexa and Geodon for Kids? You Bet Says FDA Panel by Martha Rosenberg Adelphi, MD More >>
Like Snowball, the dancing Cockatoo?
Friday, 5 June 2009, 12:30 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Rich Weiner was not among the 4 million Americans transfixed by YouTube's dancing cockatoo Snowball in May. More >>
How Safe Is Your Asthma Medication?
Friday, 29 May 2009, 5:28 pm | Martha Rosenberg
A major allergy and respiratory management company knowingly produced flawed clinical trials of FDA approved drugs currently on the market a Texas physician is charging. More >>
Fans Picket Oprah's Studio After Chicken Giveaway
Monday, 18 May 2009, 1:02 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Oprah Winfrey's giveaway of free chicken dinners from Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in May did not play well in Chicago where her studios are located. More >>
Cyber-Marketing Makes Prostitution No Safer
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 12:28 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Coverage of "death trick" Philip Markoff accused of killing masseuse Julissa Brisman and robbing prostitute Trisha Leffler in Boston and a prostitute in Rhode Island shows the sordid underbelly of the actress/model/singer/dancer but currently a stripper ... More >>
Is the Economy Causing US Family Killings?
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 12:05 pm | Martha Rosenberg
The late comedian Richard Pryor used to riff about a fictitious interview with a mass murderer. "But why did you kill [gulp] everyone in the house?" asks the reporter. "They was home." Today it wouldn't be funny. The occasional Susan Smith or Andrea ... More >>
Does Your Child Have Schizophrenia?
Monday, 20 April 2009, 12:08 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Like Wall Street trying to replace the credit default swap/ high risk mortgage gravy train, pharma is cooking up new diseases to sell. More >>
Farm Expose Further Damages US Egg Industry
Monday, 6 April 2009, 1:06 pm | Martha Rosenberg
It takes a lot to get state agriculture officials to raid an established farm in the company of state police. But that's what the Maine Department of Agriculture did to Quality Egg of New England and Maine Contract Farming in Turner, ME on April ... More >>
Month of Gun Violence Sets Gun Lobby Agenda Back
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 11:49 am | Martha Rosenberg
"The NRA is asking gunmen to refrain from mass shootings while key gun bills are before legislators," says a newscaster in a recent editorial cartoon. Say that! On a month that began with the Alabama, Illinois church and Germany shootings and ended ... More >>
Sex and Money Created Drug "Safety" Studies
Friday, 13 March 2009, 1:41 pm | Martha Rosenberg
When the US satirical newspaper the Onion writes, "Ann Coulter not a hate monger says Ann Coulter," people laugh. But when pharma uses the same logic--its scientific studies get published and its drugs get approved and prescribed. More >>
Vet School Defends Using "Patients" in Dog Labs
Monday, 9 March 2009, 9:50 am | Martha Rosenberg
You wouldn't think a veterinarian would have to say, "I love animals." After all, doctors don't say, "I love people." But in 200 email messages to the Daily O’Collegian, the Oklahoma State University (OSU) student newspaper, that's just what vets and ... More >>
