The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: disease

  • Evolutionary Medicine

    Evolutionary Medicine

    Our past might secure our future.

  • Our Uncanny Future

    Things are changing so quickly.

  • Stop Calling Alcoholism a Disease

    Take responsibility. Take back your power.

  • Syphilization

    In the past, I’ve written about the plight of the bees and the plight of the bats. Frankly, I haven’t had the heart to write about the fact that our butterflies and frogs and coral reefs are disappearing, too. It’s just too depressing. And then just the other day a friend told me about Starfish…

  • White-Nose Syndrome

    We are currently experiencing the most dramatic decline of North American wildlife in over 100 years, and yet hardly anyone seems to be talking about it. According to the National Wildlife Health Center, since 2006, scientists estimate that 5.7 million bats  have died on this continent. That’s a crap load of bats, people. Some species…

  • Killer Instinct

    I have a confession to make. I’m a killer. And I don’t feel the least bit of shame. I’ll do it again, I guarantee you. If a cockroach or a brown recluse spider stupidly breeches my line of chemical defense and enters my house, there to potentially bite me and rot my flesh or ruin…

  • A Passing Relationship with the Great Scareball in the Sky

    Unless you’ve worked the graveyard shift like I have for the past 12 years, you are probably unaware that there is a whole other civilization out there, right under your nose. If you are even remotely cognizant of our existence, you probably think we make big money, but I’m here to tell you that most…