BRAZIL: 1961-1963
If I were king of the world, I would make all Americans experience life in a third world country for at least a year. Secular humanist...
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Jul 16, 20221 min read
Recommendations July 2022
NEWS ARTICLES: This Simple Math Problem Drove Our Entire Staff Insane. Can You Solve It? https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a40020855/vira...
Jun 15, 20226 min read
The Jefferson Bible
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth by THOMAS JEFFERSON I slavishly appreciated the Thomas Jefferson I learned of in history books...
Jun 15, 20229 min read
Randy's second malpractice suit
We normally don’t think of doctors as victims. Whether you are in the medical field or not, if you have ever heard a doctor speaking of a...
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Recommendations, June 2022
Podcasts— The history of Rock in 500 Songs: #99, Surfin’ Safari by the Beach Boys and #100 Love me Do by the Beatles. A great series...
May 15, 202221 min read
My First Trip to Europe
The concluding dinner in Milan, ending my first trip to Europe was delightful. It was 1997. We had wandered in the late afternoon from...
May 15, 20229 min read
Randy's Speech to a Rotary Club
RAM ROTARY SPEECH 4/26/2022 Years ago, I gave a talk on safe travel to the third world. There was a way to structure what you need to...
May 15, 20222 min read
Recommendations May 2022
Editorials: I Just Want My Kid to Learn Algebra. Does That Make Me a Culture Warrior? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/opinion/math-edu...
Apr 16, 20229 min read
My Ambivalent Feelings About Massage
We live in a world where massage, like tattoos have taken on a commonly accepted presence—one with a clearly perceived value. When I was...
Apr 16, 20221 min read
Recommendations 4/22
Recommendations 4/22 Schneider: Inside the New Data That Suggest American Education Still ‘Runs on ‘Lies’ https://www.the74million.org/ed...
Apr 16, 20229 min read
HUMAN NATURE by David Berlinski
A gifted logician, David Berlinski also has a dry sense of humor. This book explores trends in our society that from my perspective are...
Mar 16, 20221 min read
RECOMMENDATIONS 3/22
Books: In Love by Amy Bloom—I have not read it but NYT review puts it on my to do list. Alpha by David Philipps—Engaging book the object...
Mar 16, 20226 min read
Why Kernie needed a lens replacement
Hand on the door, my Optometrist was leaving the room having reassured me that my lens prescription required no adjustment when I thought...
Mar 16, 202210 min read
Alpha by David Phillips
I once participated in a leadership program through Kaiser Permanente. I was joined by pairs of both medical and non-medical leaders from...
Feb 16, 20220 min read
Feb 16, 20221 min read
Recommendations February 2022
“In a City Near You!”—Beyond Van Gough —a very nice exhibit using walls, floors, and pillars to demonstrate his work with accompanying...
Feb 16, 20226 min read
Their Eyes Were Watching God
“There is something about poverty that smells like death. Dead dreams dropping off the heart like leaves in a dry season and rotting...
Feb 16, 20229 min read
Culture Wars, 1979
On the day when the small community hospital where Kernie worked caught fire, she received a call from a patient of mine. “Hey, Mrs....
Jan 16, 20220 min read
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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Recommendations January 2022 Book: La Noche de Tlatelolco. Poniatowska—I take a Zoom Spanish class and this book was assigned. I started...
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