It is so sad that Whites continue to be priviledged at the expense of others, mostly African-Americans. The priviledge is a weight on whites as we suffer from the abuse that is perpetrated in our name whether we agree with it or not. Our country grew up supporting racism and white priviledge and it is…

Zero sum refers to any exchange where whatever is gained by someone is lost by another person. An example would be where two people or two groups of people [like in a company] are both competing for something where if one person or group gets that something the other person or group will get less.…

Questions are sometimes raised about exceeding the maximum recommended doses of medications used to treat ADHD. I have reviewed the research studies for these medications and it is clear that the studies were to determine efficacy and were not dosing studies.  Specific doses were chosen to assess the benefit and minimize risk of side-effects.  Once…

I’ve read that the ancient Greek democracy failed because it did not protect the individual from the majority. If we believe that all life is sacred [precious, etc.] then we must protect the rights of the individual from the majority. So, something being good for most people does not justify it being imposed on the…

Cost externalization or externalized costs usually refers to producers [often corporations] that off-load indirect costs, called negative externalities, to a third party [often all of us] in order to maximize their profits. An example would be a corporation not taking financial responsibility for the polution that they produce or paying their employees low wages and…

In reviewing information on the use of stimulant medication [adderall, dexedrine and methylphenidate] During pregnancy, there are a number of references to studies on mice leading to miscarriages and birth defects. These were associated with a significant overdose of the mice compared to doses taken by humans. In addition, there have also been mention of…

Nicholas Kristof had an opinion piece in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times on Nobember 10, 2019 entitled “Let’s Wage War on Loneliness.” He contends that lonliness is killing us at similar levels to alcohol and cigarettes and more than twice as much as obesity according to research published by Julianne Holt-Lunstad,…

My wife and I were visiting my son and daughter-in-law and 2 month old grandson after my son had just started sole daytime responsibility for his son. I offered to stay with my grandson (who was sleeping) while my son went on a run. He agreed and then stood not talking and after a couple…

I recalled “just sayin” when what I was thinking was validated by what happened. So, just sayin is like giving advice and then repeating the advice indirectly with this phrase and reminding the other person that you were right. So many problems with the attitude that “just sayin” seems to promote. Foremost,  it fools you…

The recent Beta Theta Pi magazine has an article about preventing suicide and refers to a Harvard study [The Harvard Study of Adult Development] and comments from the study’s fourth director Robert Waldinger, M.D. [who is  a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School] who concludes that friendships and relationships in general are highly correlated…