Archives By Author: Del Meyer

June

Posted on August 4, 2020 1:25 am By Del Meyer in This Month in History

First woman in space: On June 16, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space, having been launched into orbit aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours.  Arrest of O. J. Simpson: On June 12, 1994, American gridiron football hero O.J. Simpson was charged […]

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Freedom must be taught

Posted on August 4, 2020 1:22 am By Del Meyer in Words Of Wisdom

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once […]

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Red vs Blue

Posted on August 4, 2020 1:18 am By Del Meyer in Hippocrates & His Kin

Why are all the communists throughout the world call the Reds and the communist in America the Blue? Isn’t it about time we painted our communists also as Red? They have usurped the misnomer of being considered progressive, as in moving forward, when in fact they are the most regressive, as in moving backwards against […]

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Sleep Apnea and Hypersomnolence

Posted on August 4, 2020 1:01 am By Del Meyer in Voices of Medicine

Hypersomnolence and Sleep apnea are very relevant and important to treat. Also See Section 13. A Personal Experience I can relate to sleep disorders inasmuch as I frequently had difficulty staying awake in Medical School lectures. It was a common problem and was attributed to long study sessions and sleep deprivation.  Sleep medicine was not […]

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Who is Responsible for this second wave of Covid

Posted on August 4, 2020 12:55 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Submissions to the press at the beginning of the corona virus epidemic included this message: Businesses such as restaurants, bars, salons, barbershops or any that preclude the wearing of a face mask covering the nose and mouth should remain closed for the duration of the epidemic. Businesses that remain open during the coronavirus epidemic, should […]

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The Downside of Listening to Experts

Posted on August 4, 2020 12:48 am By Del Meyer in Medical Myths

Unbalanced intellectual specialization has contributed to bringing about the current crisis. By ZACHARY YOST https://mises.org/wire/anthony-fauci-learned-ignoramus As with everything in this imperfect world, specialization comes with certain tradeoffs that are important to understand. As the unemployment numbers continue to rise by millions more every week, as meager savings are eliminated, and as our highly organized society […]

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Lockdown of the Country

Posted on August 4, 2020 12:42 am By Del Meyer in Medical Gluttony

Corona-Flu-Virus Isolation Techniques should not have reached total lock down of the country. Coronavirus guidelines for America were too complicated and should have been simplified to be more effective. The sine qui non is that this is a respiratory virus that infects the nasal-bronchial tree. If it proceeds to the small respiratory bronchioles and alveoli […]

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The Pandemic: The Positive Effects and the Re-gressives fight back

Posted on August 4, 2020 12:35 am By Del Meyer in Government Healthcare

Harvard’s Latest Attack on Homeschooling Abuses Reason and Justice Subverting the family will not protect children from abuse. Monday, May 18, 2020 Kerry McDonald Harvard University publications continue to present a skewed perspective of homeschooling, spotlighting Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Bartholet’s call for a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling while failing to provide an accurate […]

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Greg Scandlen

Posted on August 4, 2020 12:19 am By Del Meyer in In The News

So what shall we name the Washington football team? Something to strike terror in the hearts of opponents?   Greg Scandlen I thought Washington Bureaucrats, or maybe Washington Lobbyists, or Washington Tax Collectors   Greg Scandlen Then Nancy Scandlen came up with Washington Swamp!   Frank Webster DC Losers   Joshua David I’m glad they’re […]

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Will This Corona-Virus Disruption Improve Education in America?

Posted on August 3, 2020 11:32 pm By Del Meyer in Feature Article

According to a recent USA Today/Ipsos poll, 60 percent of parents surveyed said they will likely choose at-home learning this fall rather than send their children to school even if the schools reopen for in-person learning. Thirty percent of parents surveyed said they were “very likely” to keep their children home. While some of these […]

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