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Plasma exchange for MS prevention

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) at the age of 46. The course of the disease was mild for me with only three identifiable MS attacks (in both my spine and brain). Although I initially resisted treatment, I took Copaxone shots for seven years before my neurologist believed that it was safe to discontinue treatment. Since this time, I haven’t had any new attacks, only some occasional balance issues and lingering weakness in my left leg. My concern is secondary progressive MS (SPMS) and the possible consequences of an occurrence. I’ve ...

Horoscope: Thursday, July 9

The treasure of small things collect into substantial abundance. Aries (March 21-April 19) Someone drops the ball — inconvenient but understandable. You could turn it into a larger statement about their character, or you could chalk it up to being human. Giving people the room to be imperfect is a keystone of social grace. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today requires a measure of courage. Were you not so brave, you could stay home, watch a show, live vicariously. But that’s not you. So up and out into the world you go, and you return home tonight better for the effort. Gemini (May ...

End of Jones Act waiver will raise energy prices

Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and 50 other House Republicans just signed a letter asking President Donald Trump to allow the ongoing waiver of the Jones Act, a protectionist shipping law, to expire as scheduled on Aug. 16. They are effectively calling for higher energy prices. The Jones Act, passed in 1920, requires that ships transporting goods between U.S. ports be U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, U.S.-owned and U.S.-crewed. Given that the modern maritime industry is highly globalized, few ships meet those conditions, and the ones that do are very expensive. The law ...

Don’t let Marxists rob our history

To conquer a nation, first rob it of its history and heroes. That’s a quick summary of Marxist strategy. President Donald Trump used the 250th-anniversary celebration of our nation’s independence to call out communism as the gravest threat we face, and to warn that Marxists are trying to cancel our heroic founders and attack our longstanding values. “You can be loyal to Karl Marx, or you can be loyal to America. You can be a communist, or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both,” he told the Mount Rushmore audience. He’s right. Under communism, there are no heroes — ...

Vance takes on Friedman

JD Vance has served admirably as Donald Trump’s vice president and has been a true asset to the administration. Right now, he’s favored to be the next Republican nominee for president when 2028 rolls around. But there are many other viable contenders. That’s why his latest deep-dive interview on his views on the economy is highly disturbing. In Vance’s interview last week with The Daily Wire, he sounded much more like a Mitt Romney, big-government RINO than a Trump or Ronald Reagan. Decide for yourself. Here are some of Vance’s misguided views on economics and the future ...

The grand experiment is still working

America is often described as a grand experiment. That’s true. The hypothesis of the Founding Fathers was unlike anything found in the monarchies of Europe. It was new and exciting. It took British common law and bonded it to the Magna Carta’s liberties. It agitated the idea with John Locke’s social contract. It heated it all over the flame of French philosophy. Then it asked a question: Could a government derive its authority not from a crown but from the consent of the people? It was a daring idea, and that is where the experiment lies. It was in the creation of a ...