Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in A Silicon Valley Startup (2018) by John Carreyrou has justly received dozens upon …
Category Archives: Health
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Can we talk?!” Joan Rivers peppered her routines with her signature riff, aggressive and not a question at all, but …
The Joy of Old Age. (No Kidding.)
This site is not typically devoted to issues of aging; living is such a hunger in the writing and film …
Organic Milk Producers In Deep Trouble
Very sobering article in the NY Times today about the rise and fall of the organic dairy farmer. [When Ken …
GW: Tropical Virus in Italy
“Aided by global warming and globalization, Castiglione di Cervia has the dubious distinction of playing host to the first outbreak …
David Kirk: Foundation Stone
All great edifices depend for solid footing on great stones buried deep below the ordinary sight lines. In the house …
Health Scams
This front page article on Medicare Advantage insurers scaring and scamming the elderly and then billing Medicare for nice profits …
Mental Illness: Let’s Talk About It
If there were ribbons for courage under fire in the unarmed world Alsion Malmon would get one. When her older …
HIV anti-Protein Found
For a bit of good news today, we have this: German researchers have opened a door to a potential new …
Sick Senator
I have to admit, when I first heard that South Dakota’s Senator Tim Johnson had a stroke or heart attack …
AIDS: Why DOD Cares
HIV/AIDS has been with us for decades. Most of us have had friends sicken and die, wasted and frail. We …