Shingles affects people of all ages. If you have had chickenpox, you may very well get shingles, too. Here's how.

It is a warm summer day at the beach. Still, as it is early in the day, there are only half a dozen people within a hundred yards, and several of them are small children. The adults are sunning themse...

An essay on mystical places behind hidden doors, secret spaces that children imagine. Also is a review of Hamnet in this context.

President Trump detailed new plans for a UFC fight the league is planning on the White House grounds in June. “I’ve been involved in a lot of big events, I have never had an event that …

Yesterday, on Good Friday, Christians around the world observed the day Jesus of Nazareth was killed. Matthew chapter 27 tells us what happened on that day. Verse 45 tells us of a darkness that came o...

God had hoped for happy, healthy lives for the life forms He created. He loved us and hoped that we would love Him in return. Most of us who have been in relationships with others understand that true...

The US military is burning through the stockpiles of one of its most valuable weapons just weeks into its war with Iran.

I am old enough to remember when Dwight Eisenhower was president. My older brother was going to college at Gettysburg, PA, and because President Eisenhower had a home in that community, because we vis...

Experts warn younger people not to dismiss symptoms such as rectal bleeding as diagnoses rise for those under 50

Those of you who have followed my writing over the past decade know that I blog extensively on medical topics. I began with the COVID epidemic and then moved on to cancer and cerebral aneurysms. In th...

At this moment, the Mideast is in flames. Missiles have fallen over the weekend or are currently falling in Iran, Iraq, Dubai, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and...

Once upon a time, there was a wealthy king. Well, he was wealthy, though the matter of his royalty was much less certain, except in his own mind. Entire nations would tremble at the mention of his nam...

This posts speaks of the madness that accompanies hubris and how hubris is different from pride. Several historical examples follow.

THIS IS GREAT: Sir Ian McKellen destroys Trump on Colbert last night by performing a Shakespeare monologue from Sir Thomas More. Fits the historical moment exactly. Make sure this gets around!

Today, the term “ICE” saturates the news. Hundreds of thousands, if not more, people demonstrate across America with signs demanding that ICE stand down, leave their state, or be disbanded. We can’t a...

Greenland is a post that describes the frontier we read about in the news. It includes personal experiences in Greenland by the author.

The Maine Republican is under immense pressure as a huge funding package hangs by a thread and federal agents swarm her state.

This post is on a serious subject, but it has a kind of funny beginning. I drink a lot of Diet Coke as far as Deena, my wife, is concerned. So, I try to be discreet and very circumspect about it. I ha...