Some twenty years ago, those of us in our community who were primarily involved in the care of cancer patients realized that we needed a specific unit in our hospital that was dedicated to the care of cancer patients, for the simple reason that we wanted to do a better job providing… Continue Reading
Primitive Religions in a World Society
The universalism of human societies on our planet earth today is a striking modern phenomenon. We are all terribly tied together. We are all into each other’s business and lives. We have an information explosion, which ties us all together, world -wide, through the internet. Any of us can send messages to anyone else around… Continue Reading
Apocalypse Now
Judaism carries the belief that their genetic group has been chosen by the one and only God of the universe, to serve as an example for all other nations, and to be superior to all other nations. A major part of this mythology is to also believe that there will be, at some point in… Continue Reading
Respect for All Life
We spoke last month about the inordinate amount of violence which is expressed by the zealots of Islam, and how that is particularly directed toward other humans. One of the reasons, we believe, that this religion is so willing to sacrifice their own lives and those of others, is to protect something very dear to… Continue Reading
Killing in Defense of Islam (or is it something else?)
Once during my academic career, I attended a surgical conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Not finding rooms downtown near the convention center, I booked rooms at the Embassy Suites out in Buckhead for me and my family. I was happy to have the extra space, but did have the problem of how to get back and… Continue Reading
Being Honest With Ourselves
Galileo Galelei was born in 1564, the son of a musician. He entered the University of Pisa in 1581 in order to study medicine. While there in the cathedral, he noticed a lamp swinging, and noted that it took the same amount of time for the lamp to complete its swing, regardless of the distance… Continue Reading
Living in Want
Millions of human beings live not only in want, but in hunger. This month of August, which begins the harvest season, leads me to reflect on those human beings around our planet, who are dying from starvation and kwashiorkor. There are millions of them, captured by drought and crop failure, who do not have enough… Continue Reading
A Borrowing Economy
Over many months, there has been one story line that is constant in the world news. It’s all about the financial crisis the world is in because multiple nations have been spending more than they have, and borrowing money to pay for their high flying life styles. Now it becomes clear that the whole world… Continue Reading
What I Have Learned
It has to be a great deal more than will be included in these few pages, through 80 years of life. All of life is a learning process, which continues until the day we die. We all have multiple problems facing us every day, which have to be solved, one way or another. We would… Continue Reading
God is Good
According to Abrahamic religious belief, there is this magnificent force that began the entire universe with a plan in mind. That plan has, as a major player in this evolving drama, the human species. Humans are such an important part of this plan that this divine force made humans in his image. He, She or… Continue Reading