From Provocateur to Professor: My Bet-David Interview Meets Journalism 101

A quick update for Just the Facts subscribers.

Oct 9 • 

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September 2025

Tylenol and Autism: A Quick Take on Why the Science Doesn’t Match the Headlines

The Trump administration’s claim alarms expecting mothers—but decades of research show no proof that acetaminophen causes autism. What matters: fever…

Sep 25 • 

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Profits, Greed and Big Pharma

My Oxford Union case for why patients—not profits—must drive medicine (and a footnote on Charlie Kirk and Oxford)

Sep 23 • 

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Artificial Sweeteners: A Century of Denial

Join next week's virtual conversation about profit, politics, and a 100-year regulatory breakdown

Sep 10 • 

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August 2025

Reefer Madness

Trump should reschedule cannabis but legalizing today's super-potent weed is reckless

Aug 31 • 

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The IRS Is Imploding

Seven commissioners. 25,000 staff gone. An 800-page overhaul. If you pay taxes, you’re in the blast zone.

Aug 16 • 

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London Falling

Parallel societies. Sharia ‘no-go zones.’ Rising antisemitism. Is New York next?

Published on No More Nice Jewish Girl  • Aug 2

July 2025

The CIA, JFK, and the Fiction Factory

My essay in Skeptic explores myth vs. fact on the latest conspiracy theory

Jul 23 • 

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The JFK Assassination "Smoking Gun That Wasn't

My debut in Public

Jul 7 • 

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Your Perfect Child, By Design

The Quiet Return of Eugenics by Algorithm

Jul 5 • 

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June 2025

America: Big Pharma’s ATM

The United States is home to just 5% of the world’s population—but we generate 75% of global pharmaceutical profits.

Jun 19 • 

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Off the Radar

Quick Update: A Deep Dive, Oxford Union Debate & the latest Podcast interview

Jun 2 • 

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