Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
Commentary
Israel Cancer Cure Claims Are Literally Unbelievable – Show Us the Data
We are constantly bombarded with media announcements of miraculous breakthroughs in cancer treatment, giving the false impression that the disease is well on the way to being eliminated as a serious threat. But non-experts—including most reporters—often fail to understand that the improvements in prevention, detection, and treatment are not like ...
Commentary
Do We Still Need the EPA?
Many large bureaucratic organizations are inefficient, but the EPA is in a class by itself. The EPA is incompetent and wasteful, and it often does more harm than good. It’s time for it to go. The EPA’s ever-expanding regulations impose huge costs—about $350 billion annually, according to the Competitive Enterprise ...
Commentary
EPA’s Advisers Reflect Influence Of The ‘Deep State’
Having spent 15 years as a federal regulator, I have seen first-hand what has been called the “Deep State,” a core of diehard adherents to a certain philosophy or set of policies that conflict with the nation’s political leadership. They are not sinister plotters of a coup, just career bureaucrats ...
Commentary
We Don’t Need A (New) Ban Of Human Gene Therapy
Animal products used in or on humans have been an invaluable part of medical practice for almost a century. Examples include animal insulins to treat diabetes and pig heart valves transplanted into humans. A related medical breakthrough was just published on Dec. 5 in the journal “Nature”: Genetically modified pig ...
Commentary
Government Bureaucrats Who Deserve A Salute
In a new Gallup poll, Americans’ confidence in an array of U.S. societal institutions is largely unchanged, with the military continuing to earn the highest level of confidence of 15 institutions tested. (As usual, Congress is dead last.) Maybe one of the reasons is that the military is more of a ...
Commentary
This Flu Season Should Serve as a Wake-up Call
Seasonal outbreaks of the flu cause thousands of deaths even in a good year, and the last flu season, 2017-2018, was a terrible one. It killed 80,000 Americans and sent 900,000 to the hospital, making it the worst influenza season in decades. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Commentary
Follow the FDA’s Self-Interest
Bringing a new drug to market now takes, on average, $2.6 billion and more than 10 years. Those numbers could shrink, and countless patients could benefit, if Food and Drug Administration regulators were less risk-averse. I know that from firsthand experience. Oct. 30 marks the 36th anniversary of the FDA’s ...
Commentary
Bureaucrats Turn ‘Dark Regulatory Matter’ Into Law, But Is It Constitutional?
The Dark State is real and ubiquitous, but it is neither new nor necessarily sinister. In some respects, it is inherent in our system of government. Although our government was conceived as three interdependent, coequal branches, it has evolved into an administrative state run mainly by a gargantuan Executive Branch ...
Agriculture
Eco-Bullying Crosses the Pond
Some bad ideas have originated in America. Reality television, spray-on cheese, pineapple pizza, and deep-fried Hostess Twinkies come to mind. But the most obnoxious of all may be eco-activist campaigners armed with Freedom of Information Act requests, or FOIAs, who pervert the intention of the law in order to undermine ...
Agriculture
The U.N. Celebrates 15 Years of Screwing Up Biotech Regulation
Although best-known for its peace-keeping in areas of conflict — where it enjoys a mixed record, at best — the U.N.’s agencies, programs, commissions and international agreements have a dismal record of accomplishment, especially while acting as the world’s regulator-wannabe for all manner of products, processes and activities. The U.N. ...
Israel Cancer Cure Claims Are Literally Unbelievable – Show Us the Data
We are constantly bombarded with media announcements of miraculous breakthroughs in cancer treatment, giving the false impression that the disease is well on the way to being eliminated as a serious threat. But non-experts—including most reporters—often fail to understand that the improvements in prevention, detection, and treatment are not like ...
Do We Still Need the EPA?
Many large bureaucratic organizations are inefficient, but the EPA is in a class by itself. The EPA is incompetent and wasteful, and it often does more harm than good. It’s time for it to go. The EPA’s ever-expanding regulations impose huge costs—about $350 billion annually, according to the Competitive Enterprise ...
EPA’s Advisers Reflect Influence Of The ‘Deep State’
Having spent 15 years as a federal regulator, I have seen first-hand what has been called the “Deep State,” a core of diehard adherents to a certain philosophy or set of policies that conflict with the nation’s political leadership. They are not sinister plotters of a coup, just career bureaucrats ...
We Don’t Need A (New) Ban Of Human Gene Therapy
Animal products used in or on humans have been an invaluable part of medical practice for almost a century. Examples include animal insulins to treat diabetes and pig heart valves transplanted into humans. A related medical breakthrough was just published on Dec. 5 in the journal “Nature”: Genetically modified pig ...
Government Bureaucrats Who Deserve A Salute
In a new Gallup poll, Americans’ confidence in an array of U.S. societal institutions is largely unchanged, with the military continuing to earn the highest level of confidence of 15 institutions tested. (As usual, Congress is dead last.) Maybe one of the reasons is that the military is more of a ...
This Flu Season Should Serve as a Wake-up Call
Seasonal outbreaks of the flu cause thousands of deaths even in a good year, and the last flu season, 2017-2018, was a terrible one. It killed 80,000 Americans and sent 900,000 to the hospital, making it the worst influenza season in decades. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Follow the FDA’s Self-Interest
Bringing a new drug to market now takes, on average, $2.6 billion and more than 10 years. Those numbers could shrink, and countless patients could benefit, if Food and Drug Administration regulators were less risk-averse. I know that from firsthand experience. Oct. 30 marks the 36th anniversary of the FDA’s ...
Bureaucrats Turn ‘Dark Regulatory Matter’ Into Law, But Is It Constitutional?
The Dark State is real and ubiquitous, but it is neither new nor necessarily sinister. In some respects, it is inherent in our system of government. Although our government was conceived as three interdependent, coequal branches, it has evolved into an administrative state run mainly by a gargantuan Executive Branch ...
Eco-Bullying Crosses the Pond
Some bad ideas have originated in America. Reality television, spray-on cheese, pineapple pizza, and deep-fried Hostess Twinkies come to mind. But the most obnoxious of all may be eco-activist campaigners armed with Freedom of Information Act requests, or FOIAs, who pervert the intention of the law in order to undermine ...
The U.N. Celebrates 15 Years of Screwing Up Biotech Regulation
Although best-known for its peace-keeping in areas of conflict — where it enjoys a mixed record, at best — the U.N.’s agencies, programs, commissions and international agreements have a dismal record of accomplishment, especially while acting as the world’s regulator-wannabe for all manner of products, processes and activities. The U.N. ...
