Lewis Carroll in “Alice in Wonderland” makes a good  case for it: “Would you tell me, please, which way I  ought to go from here?” said Alice. “That depends a  good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.  “I don’t much care where…,” said Alice. “Then it  doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat […]

Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”  has had seven feature films made from her book. The current one with Greta Gerwig’s adaptation was nominated for six Academy Awards. Unfortunately, the latest film leaves out an important theme from the original text: faith. By violating Alcott’s narrative structure Ms. Gerwig also undermines the writer’s framing of the […]

American Women & the Unfinished Sexual Revolution by Katherine Rowland How can more women allow themselves to experience sexual pleasure? That’s one of the central questions in The Pleasure Gap: American Women and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution, a book published this month by public health researcher and journalist Katherine Rowland. Rowland explores why American women aren’t happy with their […]

2014 marked the sixtieth anniversary of the appearance of the World Medical Journal (WMJ). The journal is published quarterly and it reflects the aims and activities of the World Medical Association. It is not the task of the WMJ to publish new scientific medical research. This is clearly the function of the multitude of information […]

Dr. Rosen:       Nobel laureate Michael Levitt, did not discover a treatment or a cure, just did what he does best: crunched the numbers. The statistics led him to the conclusion that, contrary to the grim forecasts being branded about, the spread of the virus will come to a halt. His forecasts turned out to be […]

The surgeon realized that once he was in court, he was in someone’s else’s operating room. And he was no longer in charge of the operation. Some myths are of our own making. Human nature demands an explanation, so when the timing seems right, we assume the cause of an ailment is whatever preceded it. […]

He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me. –John Barrymore Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. –Peter de Vries Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in a hospital […]

Since the late 1990s Christensen has been influencing change in health care through both his summer leadership program at Harvard Medical School for hospital administrators and regular consulting work for medical giants like Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic. Recently he helped J&J develop a device that would make it easier and cheaper to administer anesthesia. […]

With socialism’s popularity rising in the United States, it’s more important than ever that Americans know the facts about Karl Marx’s inherently flawed ideology. That is why Heritage’s Lee Edwards, distinguished fellow in conservative thought, has been working hard to explain the true nature of socialism. In his article, “What Americans Must Know About Socialism,” […]

The McClatchy Co. — a publisher of newspapers in 30 markets including Sacramento, Kansas City and Miami — is declaring bankruptcy, citing heavy debt and pension obligations. Fifteen years ago, McClatchy stock was worth about $700 a share. Now it’s trading at 75 cents at the time of bankruptcy filing. Its acquisition of Knight Ridder loaded it with […]