The medical profession does not believe there is a cure for cancer. The alternative medical community believes — and even knows — there is. And maybe it has something to do with a different kind of caring, and a lot of love. There is “magic” in the simple things of life, and that includes when practicing medicine. We know that doctors don’t — and can’t — give any guarantees, and sometimes they even give you[…]
No matter how serious the subject, I believe it’s always a good idea to interject a note of humor somewhere into the subject. Hardly anything — maybe nothing — is more serious than death. So on that note, consider this: Everyone must leave this world through the simple mechanism of death — unless, of course, they have another escape plan! Mankind has probably been searching for that alternate escape plan for many moons, and so[…]
Editorials · On a Personal Note
I’m here in New York, where the daily news is more gruesome than that in Las Vegas. But no matter how gruesome any city’s news may be, only that which affects us in some way — directly or indirectly — stays with us at the end of the day. When one is very likely in one’s last illness, one tends to not be all that interested in what is happening on the streets of New[…]
Editorials · On a Personal Note
Maybe the Dr. Dao United Airlines passenger issue is now a thing of the past. They made their settlement, and part of that settlement was for Dr. Dao (and I imagine his family) to not speak of the details of that settlement in public. Such settlements usually include the “silence” clause, as it were, just as did the settlement O’Reilly made with those five women. We can all easily imagine how everyone involved with United’s[…]
Editorials · On a Personal Note
Bill O’Reilly is gone. Just as many others in his shoes before him have been disgraced over sexual issues and cried “foul,” so too is Bill claiming the so-called real truth is yet to come out. However, while others may have tried desperately to fade into the background and hope for us all to have very short memories, Bill seems to want to keep the issue afloat until he can present a side of it[…]
Editorials · On a Personal Note
Last week I was drawn to the story about Dr. David Dao, a passenger being dragged off a United Airlines plane for refusing to give up his seat. Boy, was that ever the worst move United could have made! I guess the bottom line here is that violence is not the way to go. I can’t even imagine the line of thinking that allowed anyone on the payroll of United Airlines, or anyone acting[…]
Editorials · Featured · On a Personal Note
First, before we discuss anything “shady” or criminal that Dr. Dao might have done in his past — or even just yesterday — let me attempt to sum up why that doesn’t matter and why he is in the news. All airlines apparently overbook their passengers for their own financial reasons, hedging their bets that at least one, two, or three passengers or so may not show up for take-off and they won’t be left[…]
Editorials · On a Personal Note
It is not for me to say if any of the sexual harassment allegations against Bill O’Reilly are true, but — at least to me — they are upsetting, to say the least. This column is not going to be about Bill O’Reilly. He’s already gotten enough publicity, and he started out with a big enough head, tooting his own horn every chance to got, talking over his guests to be sure he got his[…]
Editorials · On a Personal Note
We all probably know by now that ever since 9/11, things have been different at airports. Security is ostensibly tighter and more people are being looked at askance. And then there was the so-called “shoe bomb” episode — where someone tried to board a plane with an explosion device in the heel of his shoe — causing yet another level of “security” to be added to the screening process: that of taking off one’s shoes[…]
Editorials · On a Personal Note
I was recently invited to accompany a friend to a Meditation Seminar in upstate California. As it turned out, it was in the same city where my sister lives, and not all that far from my son. So, in addition to the seminar, I would be getting in a visit with my relatives, all for the same price, so to speak, even though it was his treat. The trip itself was relatively uneventful, although it[…]
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