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The Chimera Hypothesis: Homosexuality and Plural Pregnancy

July 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Introduction
On Christmas Day last year I was reading an article about cattle breeding, recalled the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and suddenly an explanation for human homosexuality came to mind. As a fairly new parent, this issue, along with others concerning how people grow and what they ultimately become, has been on my [...]

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The Gout

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Only an elite few are familiar with the exquisite pain that is gout, that "disease of kings" that strikes in the wee hours like a thief in the night, leaving its victim howling and cursing as he hops on one foot or hobbles to the medicine cabinet for a dose of painkillers.
Podagra, the most common [...]

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The Riddle of Homosexuality

April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Until I had kids I didn’t really think much about the issue of homosexuality. It seemed a bit odd, but not all that important. Things changed when I realized what a big issue it has become in schools, and then it started to bother me. Not only the political aspects of homosexuality, but the fact [...]

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