MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'byrd'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:42:10 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592365&cid=t_215901_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F9T1DFaATh0A%2F By Justin LoganDaniel Larison points to this statement by Sen. Richard Lugar which is really a breath of fresh air: Sen. Richard Lugar ...Given the costs of a no-fly zone, the risks that our involvement would escalate, the uncertain reception in the Arab street of any American intervention in an Arab country, the potential for civilian deaths, the unpredictability of the endgame, the strains on our military, and other factors, it is doubtful that U.S. interests would be served by imposing a no-fly zone over Libya.   If the Obama Administration is contemplating this step, however, it should begin by seeking a declaration of war against Libya that would allow for a full Congressional debate on the issue. In addition, it should ask Arab League governments and other governments advocating f... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592365 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:47:23 +0100 4592365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3706659&cid=t_215901_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZhuNkK7P9Ks%2F By David BoazSenator Robert C. Byrd, who died today at age 92, had a long and varied career. Unlike most senators, Senator Byrd remembered that the Constitution delegates the power to make law and the power to make war to Congress, not the president. He often held up the Cato Institute’s pocket edition of the Constitution as he made that vital point in Senate debate. I have several emails from colleagues over the years reading “Senator Byrd is waving the Cato Constitution on the Senate floor right now.” Alas, if he really took the Constitution seriously, he would have realized that the limited powers it gives the federal government wouldn’t include many of the New Deal and Great Society programs that opened up whole new vistas for pork in West Virginia. Justin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3706659 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:20:49 +0100 3706659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3706660&cid=t_215901_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fw30G62ODVkI%2F By Justin LoganOn the occasion of the death of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, libertarians will rightly think about the senator’s flamboyant defense of federal largesse rained down on West Virginia and the garish and unseemly tendency to name things purchased with this largesse after the senator.  No doubt his membership in the Ku Klux Klan will be a centerpiece of the remembrance as well. What hopefully will not go unremembered are a few additional facts.  As Adam Clymer’s obituary observes, Byrd was a jealous defender of the rights of Congress against imperial presidentialism, likely the last of a breed.  You probably could count on one hand the younger senators or congressmen who take as seriously as did Byrd their duty as members of the American legislature.  Byrd frequently was ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3706660 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:01:22 +0100 3706660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3702884&cid=t_215901_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fsenator-robert-byrd-hospitalized-listed-ill%2F West Virginia senator Robert Byrd has been hospitalized for the last two days and is now described as “seriously ill.” (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3702884 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:18:21 +0100 3702884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350262&cid=t_215901_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJmxwZ77-qPk%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonThe Washington Post ran an incisive op-ed yesterday by Kelly Amis and Joseph Robert on the DC voucher program. As they noted, Sen. Joseph Lieberman is calling on the Senate to restore funding for the program which was terminated on a nearly party-line vote by Congress last December. A few Democrats (Dianne Feinstein and Robert Byrd) have joined with Lieberman, but the rest of the party has apparently decided that producing better educational outcomes for poor kids at one quarter the cost of public schooling is not politically advantageous. As Amis and Robert point out, private schools are far less unionized than the public school sector, so giving families an easier choice between the two will likely eat into to union revenues. And teachers union revenues end up dispro... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350262 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:48 +0100 3350262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800376&cid=t_215901_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fr1zXe4jZkpQ%2F In defending its tire tariff decision, the White House has glommed on to the “logic” that free trade first requires enforcement of trade agreements.  Scott Lincicome exposes the absurdity of that defense here. But with that fallacy serving to undergird what sounds like a pre-justification for more trade cases and more trade restrictions, let me remind the reader that we already have 299 active antidumping and countervailing duty measures in the United States, resticting or prohibiting imports from 43 different countries.  We have all sorts of restrictions on imported textiles, clothing, footwear, food products, agricultural commodities, lumber, steel, pickup trucks, tobacco, and many, many more products, including tires.  But despite all of this enforcement–of rule... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800376 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:21:46 +0100 2800376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349593&cid=t_215901_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FIHDxa1ssBxU%2Fbyrd-alzheimers-center-on-ropes.html The Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute is desperate for state funding.The "Byrd", like an endangered species, is in danger of losing their federal designation as an Alzheimer's research center if they can't convince the Florida state legislature to pony up funding.The problem is the institute's prized designation as an Alzheimer's Disease Research Center is up for renewal next month. As an ARDC, the Byrd Institute gets a five-year, $7.5 million grant, access to national research data, the prestige to attract top researchers, clinical trials and more.I'll have to go check, but I believe their are over 400,000 persons in Florida suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia. It seems somewhat odd that the State wouldn't see the value of a research institution like the By... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349593 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:01:51 +0100 2349593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2013626&cid=t_215901_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fbyrd-loves-rost-and-scores.html Cary Byrd of eDrugSearch.com supports Peter Rost -- who has made a reputation as whistle blower, muckraker, and Pfizer nemesis -- for FDA Commissioner!"It should come as no surprise to readers of this blog that we are delighted about the prospect of a new FDA commissioner in 2009 -- one who we hope will put the interests of the people above those of large pharmaceutical companies," says Byrd. "We have also been pleasantly surprised to see the groundswell of public support for Pfizer whistleblower Dr. Peter Rost for the FDA's top job."By "groundswell of public support" Byrd is referring to my "Who Should Obama Nominate for FDA Commissioner?" survey, which has about 300 respondents so far. I've covered some highlights of the results of this survey a few days ago (see "Meet the Person Likely ... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2013626 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:31:00 +0100 2013626