John Adams stated that “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Are we modern Americans composed of the stuff needed to save our Republic?
The Declaration of Independence at 250: What Does It Tell Us? Continue Reading
America was founded on a set of beliefs and convictions—what Thomas Jefferson described as self-evident truths that were proclaimed in the 1776 Declaration of Independence and then protected by the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
The Army ROTC Taught Me to Never Call Independence Day ‘The 4th of July’ Continue Reading
Arguably, the most critical question for medicine is, “How certain are we that our actions are justified?” The response to this question may determine whether medicine continues to honor its commitment to healing or shifts toward the exercise of power.
From Healing to Harm Continue Reading
Biotech is in the driver’s seat of global health and public health workers and the media know who butters their bread. Each public health worker who goes along with the narrative is part of the problem.
The Infectious Disease Frenzy Continue Reading
Physicians can define brain death. Legislatures can codify brain death. Courts can adjudicate brain death. None of them can fully explain life. The greatest physicians I have known understood that distinction. They recognized that wisdom begins where certainty ends.
Reflections on Brain Death, Hope, and the Limits of Certainty Continue Reading
True consent must be voluntary and free from coercion, deception, or informational manipulation. Without full disclosure and comprehension, consent becomes mere compliance, negating the principle of autonomy and transforming medicine into a form of technocratic control.
Bioethics and Freedom to Choose Continue Reading
Maybe the biggest lesson from Leale’s story is that medicine was never just about technical skill. It was meant to include responsibility, sacrifice, judgment, and deep human connection. Those qualities used to define the profession.
Charles Augustus Leale, Abraham Lincoln, and the Physician We Are Slowly Losing Continue Reading
Given that life expectancy in this country has stagnated over the past 12-15 years, and it is universally acknowledged that chronic disease has risen, it’s past time that we step back and take a hard look at what we’ve done.
Detours and Missteps on the Road to Medical Advances Continue Reading
I began to recognize that from the 1960s through the end of the 20th century, there were a series of illnesses that I initially referred to as ‘fad’ diseases. I now refer to these conditions as ‘meme’ diseases.
The Rise of the Meme Disease Continue Reading
George Washington’s terrible fate ought to have sounded a national alarm to ring through our long history. The lesson should be never to replace epistemic humility in medicine with institutionalized dogma. That lesson did not stick.
George Washington, Father of the Country, Killed by Doctors Continue Reading
I can recall my shock that George W. Bush gave a presser in which he pushed for lockdowns. I wrote the following article reprinted below. So far as I know, I was alone in raising protest against this insanity.
George Bush’s 2005 Fowl Play Continue Reading
A few years ago, “Precision Medicine” was put forward as a way to significantly improve treatment. Now, it is as if it never happened. Instead of pursuing “Truth” and striving “Ever to Excel,” medicine seems to have the tagline, “Good Enough.”
The Ascent of Mediocrity Continue Reading
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