An Immodest Proposal (Lunacy, Part IX)
In 1729, Jonathan Swift of Gulliver's Travels fame wrote and published A Modest Proposal . In it, he suggested that the poor people of Ireland could ease their circumstances by selling their children as food to the "elites." He advised his readers that "a young healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, a most delicious and nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout." It seems our still-wet-behind-the-ears Secretary of Health and Human Services is a fan of Jonathan Swift, at least in the sense of proposing unusual, innovative solutions to the nation's health problems. After all the to-do about the measles outbreak in Texas, RFK, Jr., who, as most know, is not a big fan of vaccines, proposed the following treatments to cure (not prevent, mind you) the disease: “They have treated most of the patients, actually, over 108 patients in the last 48 hours. And...
