Politics
Here’s more about burned-out doctors. After I posted my physician burnout report (see that here), someone sent me the program of the American Conference on Physician Health that was held just days earlier (October 11-13) in Palm Desert, California. (For more resources on doctor burnout click here.) This was the […]
Read More
Biden versus Trump: What Can We Do? I’ve written about this problem before (see here and here), but events continue to move in the wrong direction. Will we have the opportunity to vote for a candidate we actually prefer during our next presidential election? Doesn’t look like it. Both Biden […]
Read More
Oppenheimer, the Movie: A Blogger’s Review. Be forewarned! This is not a typical movie critic’s review (i.e., the refined opinion of someone who sees endless films weekly and thus is well attuned to the thunderous volumes and computer-generated enactments of most present-day movies. Rather, I offer a very brief opinion […]
Read More
Here’s an update on the likely (and depressing) Biden-Trump race. Prepare yourself. It’s not pretty. The first primaries are just more than six months away, the first GOP debate is next month, and yet the only thing to be sure of is that clear and consistent majorities of Republicans, Democrats […]
Read More
Dear President Biden and Former President Trump, I am writing to appeal to your integrities, to your finest qualities. I am writing as a concerned citizen who deeply values the democratic process and our nation’s future. I am writing to kindly request that both of you withdraw from the upcoming […]
Read More
If you’re a college student, or a parent of one, or if you just wake up most mornings, you already know a lot about our exorbitant college costs and campus troubles. But do you know what caused them? Do you know why college tuitions have gone crazy? Do you know […]
Read More
You probably saw earlier this week that the The United Nations chief warned that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.” Notice he didn’t say explosions, he didn’t say destruction, he said annihilation. He went on to mention the obvious tinderboxes, the continuing nuclear activity in […]
Read More
Have you seen the latest political poll? I read recently that 20% of respondents (as of June 2022) approve of the way congress is handling its job (see here). Are you as shocked as I am? Do you know anyone who thinks congress is doing its job well? Can you […]
Read More
If you were around for a good part of the last century, you probably have noticed what I have, the exorbitant costs of medical care, not to mention other unwelcome changes, here in the USA. Call a physician’s office these days and you’re likely to get a recording, not an […]
Read More
Today, May 9th, is Victory Day in Russia (1) as it celebrates the surrender of Germany in WWII. And Russia is at war again today. An early column by E. B. White may provide an historical parallel. Decades ago E. B. White wrote in The New Yorker, The long vigil […]
Read More