A discussion of racism in Israel, power imbalances causing marital discord, caring for dying parents, and how to help your kids avoid making cancer a habit. This is TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) Tuesdays. I summarize and discuss two articles — one from a blogger, and from one a “traditional news” source. I read news…
Yes, I flew with an intoxicated F18 pilot, his hands trembling as he tried to calm his nerves. Let’s Call Him Maverick I will keep his real name confidential. I was on a direct flight to Washington D.C. to make a brief presentation, and attend a conference for pediatric emergency medicine doctors participating in multi-center…
Last week I wrote a guest post for EJ at DadsDollarsDebts. Here’s an excerpt: We walked into the boys undergarment section and he almost ran to the neon boxer-briefs. Not only were they an awesome shade of yellow, they were “performance” and would wick away sweat! They were clearly the ideal purchase. So we initially…
This is TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) Tuesdays. I summarize and discuss two articles — one from a blogger, and from one a “traditional news” source. I read news voraciously — I have online subscriptions to 3 major newspapers (conservative and liberal — WSJ, NYTimes, WaPo), but will also sneak in articles from other “traditional”…
This is a new guest post from EJ at DadsDollarsDebts. Tomorrow he’ll be hosting a new post from me on his site. When Rogue Dad and I decided to post on each other’s site I was excited but left with deciding what to publish. He has quite the deep thoughts on medicine, family, and life. I…
For the month of February, I am partnering with EJ from DadsDollarsDebts to share both old and new content. This is the third golden oldie post he has shared from his site. This post originally appeared on his site in June, 2017. This Friday, he will share a new post directly with in lieu of my…
This is TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) Tuesdays. I summarize and discuss two articles — one from a blogger, and from one a “traditional news” source. I read news voraciously — I have online subscriptions to 3 major newspapers (conservative and liberal — WSJ, NYTimes, WaPo), but will also sneak in articles from other “traditional”…
“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” That quote has been attributed to Joseph Stalin, though variations of it apparently have been around for a long time. It’s a loaded quote, even putting aside that it may have been spoken by a dictator who killed millions of his own citizens….
For the month of February, I am partnering with EJ from DadsDollarsDebts to share both old and new content. The post below was originally published on his site. Imagine we are on a desert trip. Every 2 weeks we come across an oasis with a spring full of fresh water. We replenish our water supply. We…
We have three boys — ages 8, 4, and 1, also called Rogue One, Two, & Three. When I woke up this morning (the morning I wrote this), my wife had already left for work. Rogue One and Two older two boys were in the kitchen eating breakfast — I assumed the older one had…
