Scared for my liver

If you’ve ever seen the movie, “Saving Private Ryan,” you might remember the death scene for “Doc” brilliantly acted out by Giovanni Ribisi.  Ribisi is great because he has a darkness to him that’s offset by highlights of innocence.  Well, in his final scene, shown from the point of view of the fearful translator, we plunge through smoke to see Doc peppered with bullet holes after a short gun battle.  While other soldiers put pressure on... Read More

List of Deeds

The Truth will not reveal itself to the idle mind.  We must sometimes engage in things which we might find uncomfortable, the least of which may be the admission that we were previously incorrect about something.  Concurrently, this sometimes uncomfortable journey may bring us to a bridge we have to cross.  And it won’t be as easy as answering these questions three.  This chokepoint will stop any further progress on our journey of knowledge, yet giving up at this point... Read More

What is the point of this plant

I can look around at the little lives around me and see their purposes. The small black flies I kill in the bathroom are just trying to mate before they die. The spider I don’t want to kill is trying to catch those flies. Maybe the spider looks small and insignificant to some, and maybe compared to a person, it only serves a mini-purpose, but to the spider, his life is his own and it’s a big deal to him. And as these micro lives interact with my own macro life,... Read More

All You Need Is Love

The most important parts of the most important concepts can sometimes be distilled down to just a few or one element of those grander schemes. Read More  Read More

Human Arrogance

There’s a moth riding the inside of an invisible cylinder as fast as he can downstairs around the light near where I get my mail.  These struggles seem minor to others, but to me they always pose a moral challenge.  Should I show the moth where the door is?  Beyond it awaits the darkness of uncertainty, an endless series of new struggles and cold.  Should I let it spin around the light with the assured destiny of death from exhaustion within blissful frustrating... Read More

The Dirty Little Secret

“THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET” OF THE HIGH COST OF HEALTHCARE or, “THE SYSTEM IS NOT BROKEN”  by S. J. Hillenbrand, B.A., M.S.    Doctors Cause the High Price of Healthcare               It is widely accepted that the misdeeds of physicians are the reasons why so many people cannot receive health care. The doctors order too many tests, make the patient come in too often, do not take enough time with each patient, do unnecessary procedures, do not ask and if... Read More