When Art Replaces Science at the CDC
A tragedy of Shakespearean proportions is underway at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This once fine center of learning and policy was
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Liminal Spaces
I love the beach. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s rocky as you’ll find it in Maine or sandy as it is in Hawaii;
Vision Quests
It’s 2:30 a.m. in the Mojave Desert, only a few miles from Joshua Tree National Park. At 800,000 acres, the park is larger than the
Millennials and Cancer
In Greek mythology, there were three “sisters” or fates who decided what would happen to mortals during their lives. The Greeks believed that people were
The CDC Year in Review
It is a new day for modern medicine in modern America, where we are headed back to the future at warp speed. By now, almost
The Great Pretender
Many of us have seen the 1939 musical film “The Wizard of Oz,” starring Judy Garland. This young girl finds herself whisked away to a
My Theory of Everything
Those who have read my blogs over the past few years know that during the latter half of the seventh decade of my life, I’ve
Introduction to Xenolinguistics
The following photo is of a fictitious planet created by the CGI department at Lightstorm Entertainment. It was the setting for the protagonist in a
Our Weakness
It is 1:44 a.m., and I am wide awake after having slept only a few hours. I woke up an hour ago to find two
The Silurian Hypothesis and Non-Human Intelligence
The Silurian Hypothesis is a thought experiment, a sort of scientific or philosophical game that graduate students play—similar to the Ship of Theseus, Schrödinger’s cat,
