Archives By Author: Del Meyer
A New Private University may be needed that reflects intellectual opinions
‘The University We Need’ Review: Rethinking College A new private university may be needed, one that reflects the intellectual opinions of a spectrum of educated Americans outside academe. John Leo | WSJ, | July 18, 2018 reviews “The University We Need” | by Warren Treadgold. Higher education is in a lot of trouble, barely kept […]
A Review of Medical Journals, Articles, and BOOKS by Physicians
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The National Health Service of UK
Dr. Rosen: The UK’s National Health Service is planning a large 70th anniversary next month. What is there to celebrate? Dr. Edwards: This is the typical question between socialism and democracy. Socialism gets people so attuned to make “free” as many things that they can get their hands on. Dr. Milton: But as noted in […]
Conversion Therapy Isn’t the Cure for ‘Toxic Masculinity’
Doctors once regarded homosexuality and ‘female problems’ as diseases. The reverse is no better. By Crispin Sartwell | WSJ | June 1, 2018 Doctors and psychiatrists considered homosexuality an illness, and for decades it was listed as such in the diagnostic manual of the American Psychological Association. Some still try to treat homosexuality as a […]
Toxic Masculinity
A professor from Dickinson College argues in the Wall Street Journal this week that “conversion therapy” isn’t the cure for “toxic masculinity.” Dickinson College Professor Crispin Sartwell opened his column by explaining that certain expressions of gender and sexuality have been labeled “pathological” at different points throughout history. Because of this, it’s far from unusual that in […]
Health Care Innovation
The Health Innovation We Need By Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc The word innovation is omnipresent in health and health care, describing new uses of technology and data, entrepreneurial ventures, and public sector efforts. Given the many challenges in the US health sector—including decreasing life expectancy, increasing costs, declining rates of health coverage, and potentially widening health […]
Expo to celebrate NHS’s 70th
Explore the NHS of the past and future or catch up on today’s latest news from the NHS 70 celebrations Find out more about the NHS at 70 As part of the NHS’s 70th birthday celebrations, there will be a dedicated ‘NHS70 theatre’ at the Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester on 5 and 6 […]
The Moral Collapse of American Jewish Institutions
Donny Deutsch, Michael Hayden and the Moral Collapse of American Jewish Institutions Tue, Jun 26, 2018 • Column Last week, on the MSNBC TV show “Morning Joe,” MSNBC contributor Donny Deutsch said that every American who votes for President Donald Trump is a Nazi. His exact words: “If you vote for Trump, then you, the […]
Susan Maxwell Skinner – Photojournalist and Singer
Citizen Susan Parade Grand Marshal at the Carmichael Elks Independence Day Parade. CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) – After many years of photographing the Carmichael Independence Day Parade, Susan Maxwell Skinner will this year ride in its first division as Grand Marshal. “July 4 has always been my favorite American Holiday,” says the New Zealand transplant. “I […]
June
What does June 15th mean to you? It’s the feast day of St. Vitus in Germany, the patron saint of comedians, dancers and Sicilians. King John of England begrudgingly signed the Magna Cara on this day in 1215. Margaret Jones became the first person executed in Massachusetts for witch craft in 1648. Benjamin Franklin tied […]