By Selwyn Duke

"Radiation. Yes, indeed! You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it’s bad for you. Pernicious nonsense! Everybody could stand a hundred chest X-rays a year! They ought to have them, too." – Mad scientist in Repo Man.

Perhaps it’s an example of life imitating art, but according to this article, nuclear radiation may not be as deadly as previously thought.  I suppose this is good news for those old enough to have stuck their feet in those x-ray machines shoe stores used to have and those young enough to have to look forward to adulthood in a world where the only thing not becoming more nuclear is the family.

Says the writer of the piece, Matthias Schulz,

"A mounting number of studies are coming to some surprising conclusions
about the dangers of nuclear radiation. It might not be as deadly as is
widely believed."

Well, so The Incredible Shrinking Man was wrong and Repo Man (yes, I know it’s decadent; I’m not condoning it, just quoting it) was right.  We also have to give credit to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

While I’m radiating enthusiasm talking about the fruits of a split atom, I’ll mention the theory of "hormesis."  As this site puts it,

Hormesis, from the Greek word for ‘excite,’ is the
theory that small doses of toxic substances stimulate organisms toward
health, where larger doses of the same substances cause death and
disease . . . . low doses of radiation may stimulate DNA repair, and
stimulate the immune system by creating a constant search and destroy
mission for cancerous cells. While all radiation causes damage, low
levels may stimulate more repair than damage.

I’m not saying I do or don’t subscribe to this theory, but please excuse me while I go stick my head in the microwave.

On a more somber note, you can’t go a day reading the news without having your psyche assaulted by political correctness.  This article provides a startling example of leftist double standards, of how whites are becoming second-class citizens.  It is a story about a high school student and boy scout who got suspended simply for saying that he knew how to tie a noose.   The piece states:

‘Someone asked if anybody knew how to tie a noose and Travis did admit he knew how to tie a noose,’ Kim Grigsby [the boy’s mother] said.

Travis’
mom said her son is almost an Eagle Scout, he knew how to tie it, but
told his friends he wouldn’t because you could get in trouble for
that.  Later, a black student on the drum line told the teacher he was
offended.

‘Travis was accused of using a racial slur for saying the word ‘noose.’ Then he was suspended for 10 days,’ Kim said.

This is much like when a man is charged with sexual harassment simply because a woman "felt" like she was harassed.  Yes, we’re living in the age of the ascendancy of feelings – especially those of members of politically-favored groups.  A white kid gets suspended for something innocuous simply because a black kid "felt" offended.  All I can say is "wow."

If you want to contact the school in question, Lee’s Summit High School, and tell them how you "feel" (what you think would be even better), here is the contact information:

Phone: (816) 986-2000.  The principal’s name is John Faulkenberry, and his extension is 2005.  His email is: john.faulkenberry@leesummit.k12.mo.us

Remember, there is no greater force for controlling man’s behavior than social pressure.

It really is time to shrink the government school system.   Perhaps some irradiation is in order.