Collecting My Thoughts

This Harvard study (2017) on longevity, good health and happiness isn't surprising. Many other studies have shown similar results. So wh...

In the first year of the pandemic Cochrane Library which identifies, appraises and synthesizes all the empirical evidence that meets pre-sp...

 Although I often say I'm rarely busy, I do have a dilemma right now because I can't get done what I'm planning in my head. It...

Exciting new findings are shedding a light on the nature and structure of bureaucracy: Dead Horse Theory Dakota Native American tribal wisdo...

I hope you watched the GOP's hearings on the origin of Covid--hearings the Democrats refused to participate in, and Dr. Fauci wouldn...

In 2018, African American women were 50 percent more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic white women. 80% of Covid victims have been overwe...

Listening to people call the Mike Gallagher show to talk about what's open during this Covid19 crisis in their town. One from Virginia c...

“The National Technical Reports Library (NTRL – U.S. Department of Commerce) has become an open access resource, following a decision made b...

90% of internet searches use Google, and 95% of searchers drop out after the second page.  I began blogging in 2003 and remember when my blo...

You are in Cape Town, and I’m in Columbus, Ohio.  Through the miracle of on-line learning and MOOC, I am in week 6 of your Coursera offering...

"The theory proposed by Dr. Verghese and his fellow researchers is that social dance is an activity that activates and takes advanta...

The survey, " Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding ," conducted in 2012, involved more than 2,220 Americans ...

I'm still waiting to meet a former smoker who quit permanently as the result of a government paid for program in their health plan, a wo...

Alexander Boldyrev and colleagues at Utah State University, Logan, working with Lai-Sheng Wang and colleagues at Brown University in Provide...

It's a great imponderable. My faith and church informs me that God loves all his children, from conception to old age death, both those ...

When people report their research in JAMA, they are required to include any compensation or financial gain they might have received that cou...

This isn't about just the Census! Who do you suppose is encouraging Latinos NOT to become Americanized, not to be stirred into the melt...

It's going to be a tough read. I don't buy a lot of books new--usually pick them up used or check out a library copy. Unfortunatel...

David Durant, Heretical Librarian, turned in his blogger keys and left the building a little over a year ago. In a profession that is 223:1 ...

Most of this research sounds like common sense. I remember my pediatrician reminding me that children are born with their personalities, sa...