Buenos Aires — Before arriving in Argentina over two years ago, I had been warned about driving here. Be careful, my wife had said, they’re crazy. Well, I replied, Baltimore drivers are crazy too. She shook her head and smiled. The first thing you notice about the roads of Buenos Aires is the size. […]
Chief surgeon denies testicle fiasco
Rıza Sarıbabıçcı, chief surgeon of Konya Numune Hospital, on Sunday, December 17 rejected reports published in Turkish daily Hurriyet that female observant Muslim members of his staff refused an ultrasound to an adolescent male suffering from testicular torsion. The boy, Ali Faruk G., according to hospital registers, came to the hospital’s urology department seeking treatment […]
Double-entendre Pontiff
Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Turkey, thanks to being under tight security including shutting down major arteries, snipers and security checkpoints in Istanbul and portions of the public transit system in Istanbul went off with nary a hitch, and the main demonstrations during the duration of his stay were either far afield from his itinerary […]