Category: Reflections

We are all familiar with the saying “nothing in life is free.” Yet many American citizens forget this bit of common sense when it comes …

You know those small, almost subliminal details, the things that you may not consciously notice when you walk through your neighborhood, but that you may …

The morning it was announced that President Obama had won the Nobel Prize for Peace, I thought it was a joke. When I saw it …

New York Times’ front page story on October 30, 2009, was headlined, “Economy Grew 3.5% .” It contained this surprise definition of Gross Domestic Product …

Much has been said lately about hope, some of it quite inspiring. The best passages give one the heady feeling that all things are possible, …

Ever since George McGovern took on Richard Nixon in the 1972 election, Republicans have tried to smear Democratic candidates as “card-carrying ACLU liberals.” While the …

British Sea Captain John Marshall sailed into my region of the world in 1788 and, despite the fact that there were thousands of people living …

Americans have been conditioned to value medical care more than it is worth. Medicine has become the new religion. People believe that doctors can prolong …

This year’s crop of Nobel Prizes in the sciences gives rise to some interesting thoughts. A comforting thought is that out of the nine winners, …

I want to take a moment to note with sadness the recent death of a remarkable man, Norman Jay Levitt (1943-2009). Levitt was a brilliant …