January 6 came and went, and there was no riot this year. Much of Congress took the day off, perhaps out of fear that this year’s crop of rioters might actually succeed in killing them. Liz Cheney showed up to claim that she had no idea that the policies she had supported for years Continue reading “Column: January 6, 2022: A Medical Perspective”
If a man arrives in the emergency room with a hole in his right temple, a 9 mm Glock pistol clutched in his cold, almost dead hand, and a note pinned to his chest stating, “I want to die,” he will be transfused, placed on a ventilator [breathing machine] and rushed to surgery. His Continue reading “Column: The Costs of the Pandemic”
Needles is a small town in southeastern California at the edge of the Mojave desert. It attracted little national or international attention until last week. With daytime temperatures hovering around 120 degrees F in the shade, it became the first location in the world to have a Continue reading “Column:Turning Up the Heat on Global Warming”
When I travelled to cities outside the United States, I routinely wandered the streets without any destination in mind. This gave me a feel for the city away from the landmarks and tourist attractions. On one such excursion in London, England, I came across an advertisement painted Continue reading “Drug Pushers”
The baseball legend Yogi Berra noted that “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over” in connection with the 1973 pennant race. This observation has inspired many to keep fighting in the face of almost certain failure. In 2020 the fight has been against a virus that seems intent on killing or Continue reading “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over”
The televangelist, Pat Robertson, called the AIDS epidemic, “God’s harvest of sinners.” The sinners he was referring to were not rapists, murderers, pedophiles or human traffickers. They were homosexual men. This reflected the common feeling in the United States that AIDS would somehow Continue reading “Learning From History”
