Endorsement Logic
At some point the Democrats will choose a nominee and the losing candidate will undoubtedly endorse the nominee for President. Should you follow their advice? In the reasoning process we often apply...
View ArticleAn old doctor/curmudgeon argues for health care reform
I am a 70 year old retired physician with 45 years of being in the trenches of health care. This diary is a letter I wrote in response to an email I received from an old friend ("B") who is an...
View ArticleConfessions of a Bully
Mitt Romney is either a bald-face liar or the most insensitive person on the face of the earth. You see, I know a little something about being a bully. 60 years ago, when I was an 11 year old 5th...
View ArticleLimbaugh: "Commissioner Clyburn is a piece of meat"
Pavlovian Response: Rush Limbaugh hears a name and immediately thinks of food.
View ArticleJustice Delayed in Galesburg, IL- Restitution after 55 years
Galesburg, Illinois is a small city of 30,000 situated in Western Illinois, about midway between Peoria and the Quad-cities area of Moline, Rock Island, East Moline, Davenport and Bettendorf. Founded...
View ArticleFrom Ferguson to Watts: A blast from the past
As the events in Ferguson, MO have unfolded, I am reminded of the seminal act of community outrage that occurred in South Central Los Angeles during the summer of 1965. I was a third year medical...
View ArticleMedia Explodes Over Rice Affair. Alabama Judge Beats Wife: Crickets
In case you missed it, the news and talk shows have been on fire today over the Ray Rice debacle. Outraged pundits from MSNBC, CBS, CNN, and ESPN are calling for the heads of everyone involved,...
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My Tunney Boy
My wife and I have had many dogs during our marriage. When we met, we each had two pups of our own and so our family soon became the two of us and four dogs. Over the years, we have had 11 dogs and...
View ArticleThe Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
Many of you will recall the Twilight Zone episode, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, which aired in 1960. In that episode aliens land in a space ship and create mass hysteria in a neighborhood by...
View ArticleChuck Todd - WTF???
CNN reporter Elise Labott gets suspended for 2 weeks for voicing her opinion that Lady Liberty would bow her head in shame over the passage of xenophobic HR 4038In the meantime, Chuck Todd had former...
View ArticleWhy Rahm Emanuel Will Get a Free Pass
With the release of the Laquan McDonald murder tapes in Chicago, the logical question would seem to be: How long before Rahm Emanuel gets recalled? Clearly these tapes were withheld in the middle of a...
View ArticleGeorge Mason School of Law Honors Scalia: Epic Anagram Fail
George Mason School of Law received a $30 Million grant to rename their law school in honor of Antonin Scalia. Unfortunately, for George Mason, the anagram for their newly named school revealed a sad...
View ArticleVan Jones: "I wish Reince Priebus was my party chair"
Just when you thought talking heads could not devolve into more silliness...Van Jones on CNN today:“You’ve got a situation now where I think you have a leadership failure possibly in both wings of the...
View ArticleDear Kos: Exactly What Does "Move On" Mean?
I’m confused.I’m just an old (75) retired country doctor wiling away my golden years from the safety of my island retreat. I started out the election season as a Bernie supporter and gradually moved...
View ArticleNo, It's Not Greatest Act of Terrorism by a Single Terrorist.
I have been watching the details of the tragic events unfold in Nice and have been listening to Brian Williams and others at MSNBC breathlessly characterize the 80+ deaths as “the greatest single act...
View ArticleTexas Gunslingers Get Some Canadian Justice
A couple of Texas tourists got a taste of Canadian justice over the weekend courtesy of Federal prosecutor Peter Thorn.globalnews.ca/...On Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Than Jeffrey Do pulled up to the...
View ArticleThe Trump Tapes: A GOP-driven scandal?
Why did Donald Trump’s behavior suddenly become so toxic to Republicans? Within hours of the release of the Access Hollywood tapes, various members of the GOP ruling class suddenly got the vapors and...
View ArticleTrump Is Being Smeared
Someone is trying to smear Donald Trump.Someone is out there saying things like:Trump tried to F**k a married womanTrump is automatically attracted to beautiful women and starts kissing them - He...
View ArticleHer Name Was Susan
A recent diary posted at dKos discussed the remembrances of an old ER doctor in dealing with abortion before Roe v. Wade. That diary had a profound effect on me and forced me to relive an experience...
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