The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything but his reason. — GK Chesterton — We have become a nation of experts. They are everywhere: on TV, advising us about raising our children or improving our sex life; in magazines and newspapers, lending…
Category: Review
Killing Mercy
The ethics of euthanasia, which as an issue generally stays just barely on our radar screens, given the host of contentious social issues taking up our political and cultural bandwidth, nevertheless may ultimately prove to be an enormous dilemma, with profound impact on both our lives as a society and as individuals. While the issue…
The Preventive Medicine Con
One of the large and seemingly unsolvable issues in this country (and elsewhere) is the high and rising cost of health care. A large, government program, Obamacare, was implemented, which, while it did increase coverage especially for low income people, it has “saved” costs by lowering reimbursements, and implementing closed panels of providers. This has…
Revenge of the Fifth
It seemed like such a great idea at the time… His name is Darin. Of course, that’s not his real name, but he is a casual friend of mine. A bright young man, possessed of good looks, a warm smile, and a soft-spoken demeanor. Darin is brilliant with computers — not merely competent, as many…