Pressure is mounting on the U.S. government to redefine the safe level of alcohol consumption down to zero, reports Christopher Snowdon in The Spectator – and the push is being driven by some of the same researchers who’ve been making life miserable for Canadian social drinkers. As in Canada, they seek to discredit the view that moderate drinking contributes to cardio-vascular health by challenging the famous “J-Curve” which, backed by decades of science, demonstrates that social drinkers are likely to live longer than teetotallers.
The Science of Personal Self-Destruction
During the recent power blackouts in Spain, police raided a home containing three dishevelled – and triple-masked – children who hadn’t left the house since the pandemic lockdowns began. The parents are now in jail. At SteynOnline, the great Mark Steyn points out that the weird duo were actually “following the science” to its logical – and self-destructive – conclusion, and asks why the leaders who imposed such measures to begin with aren’t the ones behind bars.
