Last week, the Washington Post ran on the cover of its "Health" section an account of an $ 840,000 HUD program contracted out to something called the National Institute for Medical Options. The program pursues "alternative wellness" therapies in public housing projects, taking residents with problems as serious as glandular imbalances, battery wounds, and drug addiction, and treating them with gemstones, incantations, and "goddess typing."
This goddess business, pioneered by guru Michelle Lusson, is based on the idea that your endocrine system links your body and mind. If your dominant gland is the thyroid, you're a Mercury; if it's the adrenal gland, you're a Venus; if it's your pancreas, you're Aphrodite. ("But I thought Venus was Aphrodite," you may ask.)
We were moved to ask why liberal bureaucrats, who profess to be appalled that residents on welfare are left to make do with inferior health care, initiated this program in the first place? Presumably because they view it as a supplement, and will defend the program even if national health and prescription drug benefits become law.
We were also moved to ask why this article ran in the "Health" section. Presumably because the Post does not have a weekly "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" section.