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Tattoos and Piercings
“Not your dad’s Oldsmobile:” an advertising slogan many years back, one attempting to stem the flow of active choices then favoring...
Feb 18, 20247 min read


Mousy Cats
Mousy Cats and Sheepish Coyotes by John Shiva This is a fascinating book that on reflection, uses a multitude of studies involving many...
Feb 18, 20248 min read


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Follow up Article on guaranteed income: Basic Monthly Income and Social Support Transforms Lives of the Homeless, Study Finds...
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Jan 12, 20240 min read


Thinking for Yourself
I sometimes think about the day to day life my parents experienced in the 1950’s through 1970’s when they were raising children and...
Jan 12, 20247 min read


The Boys' Crusade by Paul Fussell
Paul Fussell was an English Literature professor at Rutgers and Penn State. His advanced degree came from publishing and discussing...
Jan 12, 20246 min read


Dec 18, 20230 min read


Guaranteed Income
The following is a short article reviewing a study of what happens when poor people get supplemental incomes and how that income is...
Dec 18, 20239 min read


Dinner Time
Christmas is coming. This may be for many, the final family dinner celebration for the year—a tradition that other times of the year...
Dec 18, 20238 min read


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Songs: Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac Nothing Else Matters, Apocalyptica Goodbye Old Girl, Art Farmer Streaming: Fiske on Netflix Lessons...
Dec 18, 20231 min read


School Board
I plan to go to a school board meeting this coming year, to both listen and observe the Board and the audience. Newsfeeds are ramping up...
Nov 21, 20238 min read


Lincoln's God by J. Zeitz
We live in a time where many people of all faiths are choosing to wear their religious feelings on their sleeve. This is great for...
Nov 21, 202311 min read


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Books: Lessons in Chemistry; this is also a very nicely done Apple Series Shows: On Netflix, Paris Police 1900 is quite unusual and...
Nov 21, 20231 min read


The Darkest Year by William K Klingaman
The impressions I have regarding the life of people my parent’s ages are of a population at home during World War II characterized by...
Oct 15, 202314 min read


Military Honors
In my career, I have witnessed many deaths—usually in the hospital and usually with an air of expectation. In my life, I have had many...
Oct 15, 20236 min read


Oct 15, 20230 min read
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Shows and Movies: The Morning Show season 3: Apple TV Flora and Son: Apple TV movie Informational: Why prescription medication to treat...
Oct 15, 20231 min read


Not Prosecuted in the Name of the Lord
As a young doctor I craved learning new, “hands on” procedures. One of these was neonatal circumcision which was uniformly requested in...
Sep 14, 20236 min read


Mean America
The September Atlantic features an article by David Brooks titled “How America Got Mean.” He writes for both he NYT and the Atlantic and...
Sep 14, 20238 min read
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