During the 2004 World Series when I was sure the Red Sox would find a way to blow it, I got nervous about the Fox lead-in to Game 3, something to the effect of, “Pedro Martinez is brilliant, but here’s why the thinking sports fan should worry about Jeff Suppan.†Panic-time! Of course, Suppan gave up four runs in less than five innings while Pedro had seven scoreless in his Series debut. And I realized this kind of hype was less unbiased analaysis than plea for ratings. “They’re down 0-3, but thhttp://dantobindantobin.com/blog/?p=3950...

Trinkets, samples, food and drinks, trips, and other gifts from drug makers have long been an accepted part of the medical profession, but those practices are changing and gifts pharmaceutical companies have been giving doctors are now banned from drug maker’s marketing campaigns under a new voluntary guideline. The industry’s Code on Interactions with Health [...]http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3429...

MSNBC puts it succinctly: (Rev. Jesse) Jackson's comments, though crude and incendiary, come at a time when Obama is accused of reversing his stand on the Iraq war, campaign finance, gun control, the death penalty, abortion and wiretapping without court oversight as he tries to position himself for the election against the Republican, John McCain. Wow, all this "change" in less than two weeks! Yes, Barack Obama is the "change" candidate. He keeps changing his positions. Yes, he is the "hope"http://thunewatch.squarespace.com/sdwatch/...