We moved to Minneapolis with all our belongings in the smallest U-Haul trailer available. There was a hurricane blasting through the city the day we arrived. We had to dodge falling trees, to find alternate routes of travel, and … Continue reading →

My good wife taught grade school to support us during the lean years of medical school. She was paid $4,700 a year. Sometimes we shared a carrot for dinner. Time permitting, I did odd jobs, some of them quite odd. … Continue reading →

Fewer than half of the students in my medical school class were there when we graduated. It was a place where if you can get up, it is not a foul, and the players eat their own dead—something like an … Continue reading →

                I worked in a service station, as a board-foot estimator for Great Lakes Timber Company, as a life guard, and later as a truck driver for the Union Pacific Railway Trucking line. I saved every penny I could for … Continue reading →

When I first started writing novels, I sought anonymity for my own reasons. I succeeded beyond my greatest expectations. Now, those reasons are passé, and I feel unburdened enough to talk to you about myself.                 My mother loved me … Continue reading →

Let’s accept two facts: too many police officers have been killed in the line of duty. Too many black people have been killed. What is not so clear are the questions about why those killings are occurring, and even less … Continue reading →

I saw a set of bumper stickers on a car that sums up the disgust many people have for the silliest of silly seasons in recent political history: Clinton/Sharpton 2016 and Trump/Springer 2016. Since I can’t bear to watch any … Continue reading →

The impact of serious debt has threatened the United States several times, and we never seem to learn from our experiences because we are a nation that does not give serious consideration to our own financial history let alone the … Continue reading →

Were it not for the incredibly massive financial strength of the United States and the dependence of other nations on the continuing solvency of America, our country could have failed and brought the rest of the developed world down with … Continue reading →

To repeat the ambiguous assertions made at the end of blogpost 1, it would seem at once highly likely that the industrial and economic might of the United States will always be sufficient to maintain the American way of life, … Continue reading →