Author Archives: todd

The human experience is perplexed, as well as driven by, the search for purpose and meaning. I think I’ve written elsewhere of physician psychiatrist Viktor Frankl and his excellent short book, Man’s Search for Meaning – inspired by his survival … Continue reading →

I opened my PayPal account in the year 2000. I closed it today. Humanity must find a path around censoring, cancelling, narrative controlling, de-platforming, and centralizing entities, and work towards transparency, openness, dialogue, free movement and commerce, decentralization, and exposure … Continue reading →

Excellent mashup of Dr. Weinstein’s Dr. Seuss tribute with some lo-fi and art by Akira The Don. As background, Dr. Seuss was a target of Cancel Culture this past year. (see here and here.) Bret would have none of it. … Continue reading →

Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, is a hematologist, oncologist and epidemiologist at University of California – San Francisco. In recent months, Dr. Prasad has been providing excellent analysis of some of the flawed studies that the CDC has promoted throughout the … Continue reading →

As many parents all around the U.S. have spoken out in their local school board meetings about the negative effects and uselessness of force-masking their children in school (a very contentious topic with angry parents on both sides of the … Continue reading →

Caveat: I haven’t endorsed any of the two-party system U.S. Presidential candidates in 20 years or more. They have been (and likely always will be) insufficient human beings to represent, solve, or think at a level to benefit society. So, … Continue reading →

Starting year THREE of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and its public and health policy responses, it would seem appropriate for physicians, scientists, politicians and the public to be able to discuss and debate any details of the ongoing crisis, mandates, varying … Continue reading →

I believe this is part of the vital conversations that every adult should be able to understand, if not continue with family and peers. Legacy media outlets have been very narrow (to be kind) in their coverage of data, studies, … Continue reading →

“… with a rubber hose!” used to be a childish insult from my kindergarten years. What I’m considering putting up my nose is a dilute Betadine (povidone iodine) spray the next time that I get viral upper respiratory tract infection … Continue reading →

While I have been actively trialing myriad social media sites (Gettr, Gab, Parler, MeWe, Minds) as I search for means to communicate with other humans in ways that minimize coercion, censorship, cancelation, de-platforming, weaponized politics, etc., I still have some … Continue reading →