Today, the United States Preventive Services Task Force released its recommendation that women begin routine breast cancer screening at age 50, instead of 40. It has based this on the modest benefit of mammograms versus the harm of overtreatment. First, let me explain that the study's idea of... ( This is a content summary only. Please click on the title link to read the full story.) Read Full Story

Warning: Today, as always, Magick Sandwich may be offensive to some readers...but not for the usual reasons. In a back room deal brokered to get the votes necessary to pass the House health care bill, one amendment was allowed an up-or-down vote on the floor. The Stupak Amendment passed Saturday... ( This is a content summary only. Please click on the title link to read the full story.) Read Full Story

At Magick Sandwich, we love a parade. We're not made of stone, after all. Once again, the Yankees are champions of baseball!!! So, let me take a moment to explain the title of this post. When I say zeroes, I am not referring to a lack of talent, simply to the excess of zeroes on these people's... ( This is a content summary only. Please click on the title link to read the full story.) Read Full Story

At Magick Sandwich, we love a parade. We're not made of stone, after all. Once again, the Yankees are champions of baseball!!! So, let me take a moment to explain the title of this post. When I say zeroes, I am not referring to a lack of talent, simply to the excess of zeroes on these people's... ( This is a content summary only. Please click on the title link to read the full story.) Read Full Story

Us Weekly breathlessly reports up to the minute news from the front lines of celebrity vanity projects. It just posted this vital update to its website.Reese Witherspoon: My New FragranceReflects "My Life" Really? That's awesome, Reese. So I guess it smells like highlights, tooth whitener and Jake Gyllenhaal's taint. I know there are more than a few readers out there wishing for a scratch 'n sniff of that last one. Avon calling! Read Full Story

At Life Without Feck, we love nothing more than a feckless group of kids. I just heard this on the corner of 29th Street and 35th Avenue in Queens and submitted it to Overheard in New York:Group of children in costume, chanting in unison:WE WANT MORE CANDY!WE WANT MORE CANDY!NO MORE APPLES!NO MORE APPLES!Ironically, the New Yorkers who used to dress like every day was Halloween and ingest all manner of unknown compounds in the name of fun have grown into puckered-butt adults afraid of refine... Read Full Story

Onion News Network's Today Now shows worried parents How to Find a Masculine Costume for Your Effeminate Son.Still to Come: How to Squat in Your Foreclosed HomeMore Advice from Today Now:Ex-Pedophile Shares Tips On How To Make Your Children Less Attractive Read Full Story

From Friday's New York Times: Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those “Baby Einstein” videos that did not make children into geniuses. Obviously, Disney has not been delivering on its implied promise to parents buying Einstein and its other titles, Baby Mozart,... ( This is a content summary only. Please click on the title link to read the full story.) Read Full Story

From Friday's New York Times: Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those “Baby Einstein” videos that did not make children into geniuses. Obviously, Disney has not been delivering on its implied promise to parents buying Einstein and its other titles, Baby Mozart,... ( This is a content summary only. Please click on the title link to read the full story.) Read Full Story

Here at Magick Sandwich HQ, we've got nothing to say but it's okay. Good morning, good morning, good morning! --from The New Yorker's Cartoon Bank More Mondays: Magick Monday Manscaping Magick Monday Cartoon Just Another Magick Monday ( This is a content summary only. Please click on the title link to read the full story.) Read Full Story