Rothbard on fluoridation.

Deer Park water’s mineral contents.

Some non-fluoride toothpastes, perfectly respectable:

Tom’s of Maine
Burt’s Bees
More…

In the time when fanatics on every side want to cleanse the world of the “impure,” nuke folks into “Stone Age,” and put people “out of their misery,” such wisdom in a children’s show is remarkable.

I tell you, the notion of evenly rotating ecosystems has been beyond pernicious.

What’s the point? Consider the Alaskan refuge. I’ll never visit it. At best I’ll see a nature show where the wildlife is shown to cavort and caper in the tundra. I don’t benefit at all from it. Who does? The “future generations,” for whose sake we are supposed to sacrifice, will likewise not benefit, as they, either, won’t be allowed in there.

I define mental illness as taking your intellectual errors to their logical conclusions; i.e., actually living your life according to some reductio ad absurdum. Environmentalism is a mental illness, insofar as it considers human civilization building to be a bane not a glory. From the innocent at first glance love of “biodiversity” (I admit that there may exist plants and animals for which we have not yet found use; but that’s the only good reason for preserving them for the future) via a religious impulse to serve something greater than oneself, the greenies eventually end up with a reductio that humans don’t belong on earth. Yuck.

Update. Joseph Rago agrees with me in his review of The Happening.

One thing I regret is that on the night of his death I did not tell him, as I wanted to, that “God lives, and so does your soul. Fear nothing.”

Another thing I am proud of is that when I was in a certain unpleasant situation, there was a woman there with me, and she was very depressed. I observed her for a few days, and then when we started talking about her problem, I said, 100% rightly: “I think you are not loved enough.” She was speechless, but in a good sense, as if she just discovered something about herself she had never known before. She was so beautiful and delicate, I think I was in love with her at that time.

Well, anyway, I’m getting back to Behe. Am I even allowed to reminisce at 31?

Just make sure you don’t forget to keep it charged (charge it once every three months, according to the manual). Also, if you have a modern car, don’t keep it in the trunk, because you may only be able to open the trunk by pushing a button on your key, and that, too, requires a working battery.