“These are the times that try men’s souls.” These simple words by Founding Father Thomas Paine were read to the Continental army in the opening months of the American Revolution shortly before the Battle of Trenton in December of 1776. The circumstances in 1776 were certainly much different than today, however I am afraid that [...]

Turn on the news and watch about 5 minutes. Chances are that unless you tuned in to the local sports roundup, that you heard at least one story about health. Even if you were listening to the local sports roundup, you probably heard about some athlete at a local high school with swine flu. Obesity, [...]

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 [...]

The honeymoon for President Obama has come to an end. After Obama’s summer vacation at Martha’s Vineyard and Camp David, the President faces some daunting tasks as the year comes to a close. The ideological notions of hope and change that Barack Obama won the presidency with have been fading fast in recent weeks The [...]

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 [...]