The Galen Institute, Grace-Marie Turner President, galen.org founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform. Grace-Marie has been instrumental in developing and promoting ideas for reform to transfer power over health care decisions to doctors and patients.  She speaks and writes extensively about incentives to promote a more competitive, […]

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Monday’s New York Times obituary by Robert McFadden for American beer pioneer William Coors (of the brewing company that carries his name) violated the usual tasteful norms for an obit, starting with the headline and the text box: “William Coors, Ultraconservative Leader Of Brewery Based in Colorado, Dies at 102.” 

Last month’s Postings: In the October Issue: To Refresh your memory Featured Article: From Bishop Jackson on Character Assassination of Bret Kavanaugh In the News: Fifty Million Facebook Users had Personal Data Compromise International Medicine: Time to Terminate Assisted Dying Medicare: Time to Terminate Prenatal Killing   Medical Gluttony: Vertical healthcare Medical Myths: Judge Kavanaugh is […]

November is when the north winds begin to blow and herald the coming of winter. This month is also a time of migration: gray whales swim south to the warm waters of Mexico, ducks, geese, cranes, and even monarch butterflies fly south to escape the ice and snow; and many people now fly south to […]

A Specialist is one who knows more and more about less and less. –William J. Mayo. A Medical Chest specialist is long-winded about the short winded. If you have more surgeons, you’ll get more surgery. If you have more internists, you’ll get more lab tests. –John Wennberg. Dermatologist make rash judgments. –Patricia Majewski. A males […]

My Father introduced me to the evils of socialism after he voted for FDR in 1932. He voted against him in all subsequent elections. He saw the evils of socialism and a strong central government which he felt restricted his freedom, the very reason his grandfather came to this country. He eventually change parties since […]

Chapter 1: Principles of Eating, Dieting and Exercise (for Physical & Mental Health) Health data suggests that maintaining a normal weight, a good aerobic exercise program with muscle strengthening, and mental exercises may delay or prevent arthritis, delay or prevent clinical diabetes, improve mental health and well-being, increase productivity and may delay or possibly prevent […]

The Age of Holy Terror: September 11, 2001 This is not crime. This is war. One of the reasons there are terrorists out there capable and audacious enough to carry out the deadliest attack on the United States in its history is that, while they have declared war on us, we have in the past […]

Dr. Rosen:      Is our generation witnessing unusual cruelty—beheadings and cutting up bodies while the victims are still alive? Isn’t this a degeneration into uncivilized behavior in modern history? Dr. Edwards:  I believe it occurred with the inquisition in the middle ages when heretics were  tortured with the intent of obtaining a confession. If the rack […]