How Industrialization Has Changed What We Drink For many mature Americans, the milk they drank in their childhoods was a simple, healthy and fresh product. Dairies sold fresh milk from cows grazed in sunny fields that weren’t too far from home. That milk was sweet and alive with nutrients and enzymes. Processing was minimal, just…
Years ago, I posted this commentary to Facebook. Today, I decided to include it in my personal blog. I thought my observations were worth sharing again. Riding with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office: We see them on the roadsides, lights flashing during a traffic stop. We see them in parking lots of stores, with some…
In the 2016 election, border security is a big issue. One candidate wants America to move toward a One World paradigm with open borders. The other candidate claims that our borders need to be secured. He’s talked about building a border wall between Mexico and the U.S., greatly boosting the number of border agents, and…
I interviewed an insurance professional the other day and was told some rather startling and alarming facts about health insurance. He told me that the whole concept of a health insurance company’s networks is changing. To keep costs down, health insurance company providers are likely to change the members of their networks every year. If…
In the last year, it looks like Pfizer has been busy raking in billions and spending many of them to acquire other companies. In a quick search, here’s what I found about their earnings. This was a very quick search, by the way. You can find links in each section and I recommend that you…
My brain sort of exploded this morning so I jotted this down. Start with entertainments: Introduce television so that gradually, people are no longer spending as much time outdoors or talking with each other. As they get accustomed to this pattern of staying home and watching television, they will have less willingness to talk to…
I recently interviewed Dr. Richard Amerling on a variety of topics, including the harm caused by relying on evidence-based medicine. Dr. Amerling is a nephrologist, a doctor specializing in diseases and disorders of the kidneys. He is also the Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and Chief Academic Officer of The Wellness…
In our world, is there a place for the trivial? I believe there is. And what’s more, I believe that trivia has a very special importance. I don’t mean trivia like Trivial Pursuit questions like what was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. I mean personal trivia, the minutiae of your life that only…
Last year, I wrote this as a celebration of reaching 70. This month, I turn 70 years of age. This seems an undeniable milestone in a variety of ways. Senior Citizenship: It seems undeniable at this point that I am a senior citizen. No matter how vigorous I have felt, no matter how insouciantly I…
Note: I’ve been working in and around alternative healthcare for more than thirty years. So this topic is near and dear to my heart. I picked up a copy of Woman’s Day for research purposes but what I discovered was a little different than what I expected. If you’ve ever thumbed through a woman’s magazine…