I recently saw a T-Shirt sporting the British Petroleum (BP) Logo along with the slogan ‘Bringing Oil To American Shores.’ It’s easy to poke fun at BP lately. After all, they’ve had one hell of a second quarter. Money just can’t buy that kind of publicity. Throughout this whole fiasco, it’s become pretty clear that [...]

There was a big drop on Wall Street last week. You probably heard about it. It seems that our stock market, the Dow, the heart and soul of our nation’s market economy, dropped nearly 1,000 points in one afternoon before rebounding a bit before the close of the day. This sort of thing doesn’t happen [...]

Some of you may be thinking, “Dr. E…, you’ve got that all wrong. It’s supposed to be ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’.” Well let me tell you all, we’ve got trouble… right here in River City…with a capital T that rhymes with P… (sorry, I digress). But seriously, we do have problems that we need to [...]

Tiger Woods has probably had the most regrettable week in his life.  For fans, it was the fall of what many thought was one of the true great ones…both inside and outside of the ropes. Woods had a car accident in the early morning hours on the Friday after Thanksgiving outside his home in Florida.  [...]

Like many mornings, I was in a hurry today. My son needed a ride to school instead of walking, and I had to get my younger son to daycare so that I could hurry and get a haircut before work. But I was against the clock there as well. I couldn’t be late; I had [...]

Hate them or love them, more than likely you know to whom people are referring when they mention “Jon & Kate.” Now famous for raising their eight children in public view, Jon and Kate are trudging down Divorce Lane, a path traveled by many Americans. Recently TLC announced the removal of Jon’s name from the [...]

My wife had a medical emergency early one recent morning.  The details are unimportant, but the care and response that we received were very important.  At five a.m., she called her doctor and got him on the phone.  He said we should call 911, which we did.  Within a few minutes both a paramedic vehicle [...]

Since I could not get to sleep and I just downgraded to a satellite package that does not include ESPN, I figured I could do some thinking-you know…real world problem solving. “So, what is wrong with the world, and what are the 3 easy steps to fix it?” I wondered. People complain about everything. I [...]

The boy featured in this article’s title image is twelve years old.  By now, he is old enough to do plenty of things.  But should drinking coffee be one of them?  If you ask me, the answer is no. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?  Keep reading. A [...]

I am mentally exhausted. I am horrified by what I see on TV and by what I witnessed at my own town hall meeting – these rabid detractors of health care reform who have been led to believe that covering 47 million people so they can see a doctor is somehow a threat to the [...]