Ocupation: Columnist
Life: b. March 13, 1950
Birthday: March 13
In the Middle Ages people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today's shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take antioxidants and extract of cactus instead.
source: "The Return of the Primitive" by Charles Krauthammer, content.time.com. January 29, 1996.
topic: Snakes, Oil, People, Cactus, Antioxidants