Author Archives: todd

I have long noted that “The Everything Bubble” has been used to describe our era’s financially unjustifiable malinvestment into the stock and bond markets, resulting in nosebleed over-valuations, that must correct again at some point. While certainly true and potentially … Continue reading →

As an anesthesiologist, and a proponent of free markets, I’ve been interested in ways to promote and join transparent and low-cost health services movements for a number of years. Direct Primary Care (DPC), and transparently priced surgery centers, like Surgery … Continue reading →

“Lower Your Expectations!” “You’ll own nothing and be happy.” I came across a thought-inspiring blog this morning, “Marketing the Decline,” which prompts some exploration. You are being lulled (or demoralized) into complacency as your systems are failing (and/or are purposefully … Continue reading →

Last weekend, I attended the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) annual conference, this year in Pittsburgh, PA. Of course, the events, illnesses, political exploitation, ongoing hysteria, mandates, coercions, etc. of the past 18+ months were recurring points of … Continue reading →

A moral and ethical thought experiment based on headline issues of the day: What is the parallel between abortion being illegal by government decree (or not legal to be funded by tax dollars), and the mandate to receive certain medical … Continue reading →

Our worldviews tend to be infinitesimally small and skewed, especially when we do not read to understand history, travel to experience and witness the lives of others, or purposefully contemplate the limitless ways in which we may think incompletely and … Continue reading →

Great video and article that Glenn Greenwald put up on his substack yesterday. In them, he points out that society has heretofore been well-adapted at performing cost-benefit analyses when considering public policy. A very good analogy he uses is that … Continue reading →

The Covid thing just never ends. It’s almost as distressing as the political exploitation and associated mob hysteria. I ran across physicist Scott Locklin’s blog and his take on the errors and uncertainties that have been sold as unassailable doctrine … Continue reading →

I know, I know. EVERYBODY has to write about BTC these days. But, I get to offer my two cents on my own webpage,… so suck it. As of current writing, BTC to USD exchange is roughly $55,000. So, my … Continue reading →

The coronavirus pandemic has been in play for over a year with over 500,000 deaths in the US being attributed to the virus, or associated with a positive test. (see worldometers.info data, and a number of other sites). Details of … Continue reading →