https://freerepublic.com/tag/drnick/ en-us Tue, 3 Nov 2026 09:29:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401599/posts In Patriot Games, Admiral Greer, played by James Earl Jones, corners Jack Ryan with an ancient question: “What in life can you be sure of?” Ryan doesn’t cite career, country, or gold. He answers without hesitation: “The love of my daughter.” In a world governed by impermanence and calculated risk, Ryan named the one currency that isn’t transactional: unconditional devotion. Greer was probing character, but modern epidemiology suggests the admiral was probing human survival. We spend fortunes on statins, gym memberships, and organic produce, chasing biological certainty. Yet decades of clinical data reveal that one of the most potent life-extending... The LaGrange Daily News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4401599/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2026 09:29:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435592/posts MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have broken up a gang of Ecuadoreans posing as dentists who offered compatriots in Madrid cheap treatment but carried it out so badly that several of their patients needed emergency hospital treatment. The police arrested eight Ecuadoreans -- none of them qualified dentists -- in "Operation Filling", the Interior Ministry said on Friday. The gang carried out complicated operations such as root canal treatment with home-made equipment and no professional training, preying on illegal immigrants by undercutting regular Spanish dentists’ prices, the ministry said. They operated in their homes and used a microwave oven to... Tiscali News/Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435592/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jul 2005 04:09:35 GMT