June 29, 2010
MRI
There are two things that can ruin an MRI scan. One of them is metal. The other is Obamacare. The MRI machine was first used on a human being on July 3, 1977. Three doctors, Dr. Raymond Damadian, Dr. Larry...
June 29, 2010
Expect the unexpected (From The Hill)
If there is any iron rule to the political game, it should be: Expect the unexpected. Things change, and sometimes they change rapidly. At the beginning of President Obama’s term, the conventional wisdom declared that the Republican Party was going...
June 28, 2010
On the Nature of Freedom in a Multi-Cultural Society
Taking my dog out for a walk in my neighborhood, I passed by two grand old houses that were clearly in a state of disrepair. I saw my friend Tony, who lives next to them, and asked what the back...
June 25, 2010
Meaningless Points on the Board
My father, a rabid White Sox fan if there ever was one, would always derisively talk about Cubs third baseman Ron Santo as Mr. Clutch. “If you ever needed a guy that would hit a completely meaningless home run when...
June 24, 2010
Thesis, Antithesis, Progress
Like many college students, I struggled mightily to understand what the hell Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was trying to say in his very dense philosophical texts. Since I don’t read German, I wouldn’t say that I ever really got there....