I just got done reading the book FREEDOM by Franzen, who was featured as a cover story by TIME magazine. The book was a #1 bestseller for a few weeks; but, I am not recommending it, unless you enjoy p

As a Cold War child, I rebelled against the Black and White world that shaped Baby Boomers’ attitudes and thinking. “Either-Or” thinking has its merits and ardent proponents, to be sure. I

As previously reported here, cholesterol is a benign molecule in charge of repairing cell membranes (which are 80% fat) and hence the lining of arteries. Cholesterol is also vital to synthesize hormon

Some of you may be struggling having lost your job; your suffering is more troublesome to me when I contemplate why our economy is so messed up. Before you read on I must warn you that I am neither Re

The fox tells the Little Prince that “What is important is invisible to the eye; only with the heart one can see clearly.” Ever since I was a child I have tried to live by that wise advice, sometimes

Are you drinking 8 glasses of water a day like you have been told? I hope not. Nobody seems to know where this unfounded advice came from; yet, it is held as gospel truth, despite the increasing scarc