When I next write, it will be the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and many of us will still be in our post-Thanksgiving dinner, tryptophan-induced semi-coma. So, I’ll save the silver lining on the recent election for that day, and perhaps avoid the push-back I might get were you in your usual state of alertness!

As our Day of Thanks approaches, I simply want to list some things I’m thankful for, just as I did a year ago. Many of today’s were also […]

“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”

–Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln/Douglas debate; 1858)

I don’t need to list them. Unless you’ve been on a SpaceX adventure the last two years, you know the important problems Americans are dealing with every day.

But when asked what he would do first with a new Democrat-majority Congress in 2023, President Biden’s choice was to push legislation […]

“Freedom is a fragile thing, and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.”

–Governor Ronald Reagan (Inaugural Address; January 5, 1967)

Legend has it that Roman Emperor Nero fiddled as Rome burned. I can’t say for sure. Contrary to my granddaughter’s opinion, I wasn’t around then.

True or not, it serves as a perfect […]

“Teach your children well, their father’s hell did slowly go by. And feed them on your dreams, the one they pick’s the one you’ll know by…”

–“Teach Your Children Well” (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

Over my almost four decades of pediatric practice, I encountered an untold number of families. Most were wonderful and highly functional. Sadly, too many were dysfunctional.

Offering advice to frustrated, confused, and/or angry parents and kids comes with the territory for pediatricians.

I’ve compiled a list of bromides–some original, […]