Fear the four-in-hand.

The wave of swine flu cases that gripped Missouri and the nation appears to have peaked in late October, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
But the wave of panic it induced remains strong. The latest…

And now for something completely different: An emotion-free issue raised in the health reform debate.
It starts with a deceptively simple question. We all trust our doctors to recommend what is best when we get sick. But how does your doctor…

Cold War

Missouri legislators are declaring war on cold and allergy sufferers in a misguided attempt to combat methamphetamine abuse. It’s a terrible idea.
Senate Bill 160 and House Bill 623, both pending in the Legislature, would require a doctor’s prescription to buy over-the-counter…

In Spain, Pamplona has its annual running of the bulls. Sweetwater, Tex., has its Rattlesnake Roundup. And Washington has the annual farce of the physicians’ Medicare fee cuts.
Not familiar with that last one? It plays out when an increase in spending…