September 14, 2022

For the Want of a Nail

"For want of a nail, a kingdom was lost..." This maxim has been around for hundreds of years with its authorship variously ascribed to such notables as Benjamin Franklin, King Richard the Third, and Freidank Bescheidenheit. Regardless of th...

October 8, 2021

First, Do No Harm?

Americans may be under the illusion that the Hippocratic Oath compels doctors to do no harm to their patients.  Unfortunately, that is not an ironclad injunction that protects patients from harm.  There are several reasons for this.  F...

October 23, 2013

Will a New Republican Party Please Stand Up?

Americans know the Republican Party has lost its way and the effectiveness of party conservatives has been neutralized. But it is not just the Republican Party per se that is the problem. All three branches of the federal government have seized our i...