Collecting My Thoughts

It's odd for me to enjoy podcasts (auditory processing), but I do. Since I got a smart phone, I use it more for podcasts than phone call...

Obesity, not race, is creating the unequal results for recovery from Covid19 and a higher death rate. Because blacks and Hispanics are more ...

As of January 28, 2020 there were more than 4500 confirmed cases (98% in China) of a new virus that originated in the City of Wuhan, China a...

Believe it or not—I found this at a blog on a dairy site. I was reading an article on Oreo-Cowkies—Dutch Belted cattle —and noticed at the b...

Bob senior (b. 1913) and sons shortly before his death at 93. Life expectancy is usually given for birth year, but you can also figure i...

Even from sound conservative sources I see comments like this, "No one who works full time should live in poverty." Well, think ab...

Socialized or single payer health insurance will not change some health problems that are unique to the United States, says N. Gregory Manki...

The wildly ridiculous act which will cause much mischief down the road, "The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention...

Lies have been in the news lately. How about those lies we tell ourselves? Dr. Chris Thurman has written a book, "The Lies We Believe...

"Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee approved a healthcare reform amendment that would penalize employees who are not following “he...

Lifestyle modification and pseudoscience As I've noted before, I can usually understand the opening sentences and summaries of medical a...

An interview These questions came from Pauline at Writing down the words . 1. If you had $1,000,000, what would you do with it? Because of t...

HIV alarmism has fiscal and behavorial consequences Sometimes, I don’t understand alarmists. On September 16, David R. Holtgrave, PhD Prof...

Unfortunately, no one has figured out how to do this "Yesterday [July 20] the Trust for America's Health released their report Pre...

There are worse things than modest women with long hair

What will HillaryCare do about this? The big killers of Americans these days are our personal habits, choices and tastes. Smoking, drinking,...

3663 Fat Grandmothers I had none. I'm so fortunate that I had both my paternal and maternal grandparents in my life, and my great-gran...