Rights and Responsibilities
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This is a link to my column at today’s Girls Just Wanna Have Guns. http://girlsjustwannahaveguns.com/2013/04/rights-and-responsibilities/
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Deciding who needs what…my latest Greenville News column.
Deciding who needs what can be risk business! http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130203/OPINION/302030022/Ed-Leap-Deciding-who-needs-what-can-risky-business What do you need? It’s an interesting question, much discussed in the wake of the current gun debate. I frequently hear this statement: ‘no one needs a rifle with a magazine … Continue reading
Gun crime increases in tightly controlled UK
It’s not so simple to stop gun crime, it seems. Even on an island with cameras on every corner and self-defense virtually illegal. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223193/Culture-violence-Gun-crime-goes-89-decade.html Edwin
Mandatory flu vaccination for medical staff: a physician’s objection
Dear readers, Below is a letter from one of my dearest friends to his hospital administration. This year, the administration has mandated Influenza vaccination. Short of a few accepted exemptions, it is a requirement for continued medical staff participation by … Continue reading
Make college relevant, not a resort vacation (my column in the Greenville News)
A big thanks to Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit for the link! This is my column in today’s Greenville News. A topic I’m passionate about, in no small part thanks to hearing Glenn Reynolds, of Instapundit.com, speak on it at Clemson University. … Continue reading
Customer satisfaction surveys have their limits
This is my column in last Sunday’s Greenville News, about the peril of customer satisfaction surveys. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20120909/OPINION/309090011/Customer-satisfaction-surveys-their-limits?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|s&nclick_check=1 Customer satisfaction is quite the rage these days. Many stores and restaurants, many professional offices, hand out surveys, or ask customers to log … Continue reading
Australian gun control
Here’s an interesting link about violent crime in Australia and the UK. http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/07/mailvox-aussie-logic.html The problem with so much in politics is that there is no negative feedback loop. When politicians institute ideas that are dysfunctional, they don’t retract. They increase. … Continue reading
Sense of entitlement is likely to metastasize (under Obamacare)
This is my July 1 Greenville News column regarding the SCOTUS ruling on the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Link followed by text. Have a great day dear reader! Sense of entitlement is likely to metastasize http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20120701/OPINION/307010058/Sense-entitlement-likely-metastasize?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|s Obamacare has been … Continue reading
Homo Sapiens Entitlus: a species emerges
Homo Sapiens Entitlus: a species emerges There is a staggering degree of entitlement mentality that wanders through America’s emergency departments. In the 19 years since I finished residency, it has grown in ways I could never have foreseen. It seems … Continue reading
Self-evident truth in medicine
Some things in medicine are obvious. Despite the endless worship of ‘evidence-based’ medicine, and the constant barrage of studies on every conceivable topic, we do certain things because we know they just seem right. I take as evidence the fact … Continue reading