GOT PAIN?
“The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.” -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) pain n.: usually localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder. -Webster’s New Collegiate...
View ArticleCHICKEN OR EGG?
Note (21DEC205): What are you as a person if you neglect to consider who you are in the overall scheme of the cosmos? In the past, Christianity and, to a much lesser extent, Judaism provided Westerners...
View ArticleSOME POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS OF ZIKA
The official version of the current epidemic of viral infection from ZIKA is that it is a mild disorder characterized by fever, arthralgia, myalgia, conjunctivitis; and rash. As many as 80% of those...
View ArticleA Paradox?
“Life outside society would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” -from Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) What can be more important to an individual than life and health? In that regard, what single...
View ArticleMEDICAL MYOPIA
“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” -John Heywood (1546) We humans spend approximately two-trillion dollars annually to defend ourselves militarily against others of our own kind. We...
View ArticleZIKA: UPDATE
Note (12SEP2016): The politicians and bureaucrats quibble while the mosquitos nibble. Consequence? Nobody knows. As time passes, however, the potential for a truly unfavorable outcome increases....
View Article“HEALTHCARE REFORM”: SOME HARD TRUTHS
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” -George Orwell (1903-1950) Elected and in-office, Republicans now face some hard truths associated with issues challenging this...
View ArticleCAN’T SLEEP?
Note (20FEB2017): Slept late all week. No new posting. Next week! “To sleep, perchance to dream; aye, there’s the rub.” -from Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Prince Hamlet was referring to...
View ArticleCHANGES: AN ESSAY
As he had for more years than he cared to count, the elderly gentleman dressed in a three-pieced, dark-grey suit with white shirt; striped, grey-and-red tie; and black, wing-tipped shoes pushed through...
View ArticleAmericans The Obese
“Eat too fast . . . Eat too much?” and “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!” Two, classic commercials for an antacid. We Americans eat too fast, eat too much, and eat the whole thing. Consequences?...
View ArticleHealthcare?
Note (22APR2019): In medical delivery (aka/“healthcare”), Democrats demand single payer/universal coverage. Republicans? Private sector/competition. The insurance-industry? Participation. The...
View ArticleAftermath Of A Plague
Note (10FEB2020): The essay below presents a tale of aftermath of a highly lethal, global plague. Could it happen? Yes. Will it happen? Yes. Is it happening now? Apparently not. Whereas the current...
View ArticleCoronavirus: A Rational Response
“I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.” -Revelation 6:8 Now, it’s official! The Chinese coronavirus [(2019)nCoV now...
View ArticleHope!
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always To be Blest.” -Alexander Pope (1688-1744) GOOD NEWS: As you probably have heard, good news travelling almost as fast as bad, Johnson...
View ArticleMedicine: A Poor Investment?
For society, is modern medicine a poor investment? Clearly for the individual, medicine is a good investment. “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell...
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