Category Archives: Current Affairs

This Is How You Do It

If the next time there’s some big nerd convention here in Indy, I’m not going to make fun of them. Nerds Take On WBC Protestors

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❖ The Wizard

Just what the world needs, another eulogy for John Wooden. I’ve made an effort not to read very many of the memorials to the Wizard of Westwood, who died late Friday, because I didn’t want to repeat what’s already been … Continue reading

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❖ Required Reading: Childhood Vaccines

Below is a link to an article I think all parents should read. It addresses a very important subject I think many of us have some fears about. An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All … Continue reading

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❖ Educate Yourself – The Five Minute Health Care Primer

I mentioned, in my State of the Blog post, that I was working on a draft about a controversial subject. It’s not a draft anymore. It’s a post bitches!

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Reader’s Notebook

I’m shaking things up a bit with the Reader’s Notebooks. Taking inspiration from Nick Hornby’s old Believer columns, I’m going to offer these up monthly. That keeps me on a schedule, makes it easier to remember how many books I … Continue reading

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The Going Gets Weird

The President is telling us to wash our hands and cover our mouths when we sneeze and cough. The state health commissioner here suggests that we no longer shake hands, but rather bow to each other or bump elbows in … Continue reading

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