Extras
The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams, crossword by Matt Jones, News of The Weird
What does it take to get charged with manslaughter when your negligent driving kills someone?
Our laws mostly acknowledge this imbalance—drivers are supposed to be extra careful not to run anyone down but we’re still reluctant to criminalize auto-inflicted deaths
Is PTSD more common among soldiers now than in the past?
Many other names would be proposed for this condition over the years before the American Psychiatric Association put it in the books as post-traumatic stress disorder in 1980
What if I skip going to the dentist?
But when “being a smart consumer” starts looking too much like “avoiding going to the dentist,” it may be time to question your own motives too
Why would a doctor ever prescribe scopolamine?
Such exotic tales have lent scopolamine a menacing aura and the grabby sobriquet of ‘the most dangerous drug in the world’
Were there black presidents before Obama?
Contemporary mentions of Abraham Lincoln having “woolly hair” and caricatures of him as “Abraham Africanus the First” are probably better understood as anti-abolitionist race-baiting rather than evidence about his actual lineage.