Buteyko Method practitioners tend to disparage yawning, one of the greatest stress-busters available to everyone at no cost. (Wilhelm Reich's "complete orgasm" is even more effective, but this is a children's blog.) Even ants yawn (and stretch at the same time). Cats don't practice Buteyko ... Read More

Mother Nature didn't let the Irish down from 1845 to 1852. The "Great Potato Famine" was not "caused" by potato blight. Many "natural disasters" are man-made. The Irish Holocaust was deliberate genocide — British landowners (with military assistance) collected food as taxes from starving ... Read More

Speed kills ... but makes schoolchildren "manageable." 15 percent of U.S. high school students have been diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), and almost four million children are taking medication for it, including Ritalin, Dexedrine, and Adderall. Ritalin (methylphe... Read More

"He flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions" is the story of my life. I sent away for my astrology, and was advised, "Hitch your wagon to a fence post, and forget the stars." So, of course, I don't believe in ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). It's a ... Read More

What do you get when you mix ultraviolet light, oxygen, and polyunsaturated fatty acids? Age-Related Macular Degeneration. D. Virgil Alfaro III, et al (Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comprehensive Textbook, 2006) wrote ... "Age is the strongest risk factor for AMD [age-related macular ... Read More