RED-HOT PSA

Forget global warming for a moment: in my corner of the planet today, we have local warming. Intense local warming. Like over 100°F intense.In fact, it goes beyond warming and well into heating (but just short of incinerating). And yet, as Mark Twain allegedly (but probably didn’t) put it, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” …

I have issues.

Here’s one right here, for example: What’s in this puppy? Well, there is a NEW COLUMN DEBUT: “Kid’s Stuff: Notes from a Pediatric Intern” on hot weather hydration; plus Men’s Health on stress; Rene Le Fort and his cadaver research; The Money Doctor on disability insurance; Bad Billy: Why are drugs so expensive?; World Medicine; poison ivy; brain fitness activities; …