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Another Monopoly

If all goes as planned, President Trump is going to “save” Argentina by importing tons of their beef into the U.S. Never mind what will happen to our farmers and ranchers. According to Joe Maxwell, a Missouri farmer and President of the Farm Action Fund, “63 farmers go out of business each day in America.” … Read more

Anthony Fauci – The Covid-19 Pandemic

In November of 2003, Anthony Fauci received a copy of a CIA report titled “The Darker Bioweapons Future,” which warned that pathogens could be genetically engineered to be dangerous. Almost two decades later, COVID-19 became an infectious disease caused by the virus SARS-COV-2. Initially discovered in Wuhan, China, by late 2019, the first U.S. case … Read more

Anthony Fauci – The AIDS Epidemic

There is an old saying that “a leopard can’t change its spots.” And when it’s applied to human behavior, the phrase refers to how a person rarely changes their basic nature and personality. This phrase reminded me of Dr. Anthony Fauci who is back in the news for his starring role in the Covid pandemic. … Read more

Back to School

Despite the passage of time, the basic medical school curriculum hasn’t changed all that much. A person technically holds the academic title of an allopathic  doctor (MD) as soon as they graduate. However, to actually practice medicine and treat patients independently, they are legally required to complete a residency program, which typically takes anywhere from 3 … Read more

When Narratives Compete

We are all storytellers. It’s part of our DNA. It’s how  we share our experiences, our beliefs, form community, and make sense of the world. Some of our early stories proved to be false but considered endearing – Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny. A more sophisticated word for story is narrative. … Read more

Vaccines – Part Two

Before we explore vaccines in the “modern era,” it would be helpful to determine what makes a competent scientist? These four elements are considered guiding principles: 1. Do not be swayed by unverified information; base scientific discussions on peer-reviewed evidence. 2. Acknowledge uncertainty in origin theories but remain cautious of interpretations driven by ideology or … Read more

Insanity 2.0

“In 1962, President Jack Kennedy warned that ‘the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Half a century later, this captures well the pernicious impact of America’s Iran mythology . . . More ominously, they are conditioning the … Read more

Vaccines – Part One

Today’s blog post is about vaccines that were first named by Edward Jenner in a 1798 pamphlet. He was referring to the “smallpox of the cow” or cowpox. To quote from the 2025 book Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality by Dr. Peter McCullough and John Leake, “His proposal for inoculation with a weak form of … Read more

Playing God

God has been in the news a lot lately.  According to endless war enthusiasts in Congress, the current administration, the various lobbyists, and the profitable weapons industry, God is cool with killing lots of people in his name. Schoolchildren, religious leaders, and ordinary citizens. If you have a major platform and beg to differ, you … Read more

The Medicalization of Health

The way the human body is constructed, pairs of body parts are obvious. If you start at the top, we have two of most everything down to our two feet. The relationship between the pairs is also well documented. If you break a leg, the other one does double duty but both legs will need … Read more