Author Archives: todd

If we look at the lockdowns as treatment of the virus, or at least as medical prevention, then part of that prescriptive responsibility is to know the side effects and costs of that treatment. The four principles of medical ethics … Continue reading →

COVID-19 lockdowns continue. Much of the country has been prohibited by federal and/or state governments from working, moving about, purchasing “non-essential” items, or associating freely (even with masks and distancing). Churchgoers and clergy for Easter services were fined or arrested … Continue reading →

Pandemics, climate change, natural disasters, destruction of civilizations, government excesses and collapses, famine, oppression, war, slavery, greed and exploitation, the rise and fall of many empires,… and the human perseverance, development, markets and successes over the thousands of years that … Continue reading →

I wrote last week about the novel coronavirus strain that has the world paralyzed. Of particular note is the experience in Italy with their ICU beds filled to capacity. The state of that nation has driven increasingly drastic isolation responses in the … Continue reading →

COVID-19 hysteria is in full swing. In the interest of “flattening the curve” of peak cases that might stress hospitals with a rush of capacity-exceeding, ventilator-dependent patients, have we created a greater societal crisis with a much larger and wider … Continue reading →

I recently wrote about my new Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis, the quest for affordable meds and supplies, and the subsequent financial savings found through transparent pricing outside of my insurance plan. I summarized that health care “coverage” is very expensive, … Continue reading →

I’m a healthy 48-year old anesthesiologist. At least I was healthy until an unintentional 20 pound weight loss over the summer, accompanied by unquenchable thirst, insatiable appetite, blurry vision, and the bathroom frequency of an elderly prostatic. My lab workup … Continue reading →

Macabre. Morbid. Dark. Taboo. Frightening. Shocking. Impersonal. That’s how society thinks of Death… when it allows itself to think of Death… when a short exposure to someone’s serious illness or mortality temporarily intrudes into our consciousness. Death is something that … Continue reading →

Updated quote from a few years ago: “Please do not believe the slanderous accusations against me. I am not an anti-government extremist. I merely oppose those aspects of the government which coerce, steal, invade, surveil, threaten, kill, benefit and favor … Continue reading →

Quick book review: For most Americans, the CIA is a secretive, but seemingly benign, agency of the government that attempts to gather difficult-to-obtain information for political or military use. The reality is that since WWII, the Agency has been an … Continue reading →