Uncategorized – The Octogenarians

“Suffer Little Children”…(to come unto me)…

18 Jun 201818 Jun 2018

Alleged to Jesus Christ in his new testament allusions to chidren and in the non canonical writings of Thomas according to Wikipedia.He did not say little Children Suffer! But who…

Desecrating the Flag

12 Jun 201812 Jun 2018

The Merchant of Malice aka POTUS," fresh from part one of 'alienate your friends and allies and embrace and praise your enemies' (insulting Canada,France ,Germany The United Kingdom,Italy and Japan),…

Another Inflexion* Point for America.(Inflection)

9 Jun 20189 Jun 2018

The Merchant of Malice (MOM) aka POTUS is exposing all of the flaws of our constitutional demmocracy.Flaws created by the impossibility of omniscience on the part of the Founders, and…

74 Years Ago.

6 Jun 20186 Jun 2018

74 years ago nearly 9000 allied soldiers died on the beaches of Normandy. The predominantly American forces were segregated and blacks were less than their 17% of the U.S. population…

Can the HealthCare Issue Help Restore Our Place in the Sun?

Make America Great Again is a battle cry borrowed from Reagan days by the Trump campaign.But military power and the nation's health diverge considerably in what they each say about…

The paradox of “Knowing”

The Merchant of Malice aka POTUS is dodging and weaving and raising a fuss about all kinds of peripheral issues as distractors from the central issue of obstruction of justice.He…

The Chamber Pot Bubbles Over

9 May 20189 May 2018

My prediction that the next several months would be critical in terms of the damage that MOM would inflict on the country and the world was way off.That same day…

Addiction Could be a Happiness Index.

The ,marijuana,barbiturate,nicotine,amphetamine,alcohol etc.latticework picked up by public health reporting,can conceivably be used to rank nations,regions,states,counties cities etc on a scale of happiness vs unhappiness,misery vs contentment etc.Addiction and its use…

The Presidency…

The Merchant of Mailice & the Ethical Profession

The last week saw a profusion of drab events take place.They involved power relationships between MOM(POTUS) and variations of the world's oldest profession as well a his relationship(and his followers')…

Some Implications of a Public Health Approach to U.S.Life

20 Apr 201820 Apr 2018

Life,liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.Implied not really promised by the Nation's founders.A publich health approach can tell us and has told us much about our living and dying.The entity…