THE ARCHIVE
OF DOC’S PRESCRIPTIONS AND OTHER WRITINGS
It is my desire that this archive of my writing will stimulate your learning and curiosity.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Imperfect: An Improbable Life – By Jim Abbott and Tim Brown
After 10 years, Jim Abbott retired in1999 with a career record of 87-108. Imperfect relates the spectacular story of [...]
Ernie Pyle (The Greatest Correspondent of World War II)
Ernest Pyle was the best-known, most beloved correspondent during World War II. My mother who was a journalist named [...]
Jane Addams, Great Reformer (1860-1935)
It would be fun to speculate why some of the truly great Americans are forgotten within one hundred years of [...]
Andrew Johnson
In May 1868, the Senate came within a single vote of taking the unprecedented step of removing a president [...]
ECONOMICS
Lecture re-post: 2025 Economic Overview and the Looming Debt Crisis
Click on the image below to see Doc's presentation: "2025 Economic Overview and the Looming Debt Crisis" Lecture: 2025 [...]
Is President Trump’s Concern About Trade Deficits Misplaced?
After Winston Churchill lost the 1945 general election, his wife Clementine tried to comfort him. According to several accounts, [...]
Ken Griffin, Citadel founder, criticized the Trump Administration for interfering in corporate affairs and making self-serving decisions
Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin criticized the Trump administration’s interference into the day-to-day business of American companies and raised concerns about self-serving [...]
GOVERNMENT
Does the Collapse of the French Third Republic in 1940 Provide Lessons for America?
Introduction Today, I participated in a weekly telephone conference with colleagues. Our discussion focused on the enormous power of [...]
“Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.”
“Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.” — Book of Hosea, The Bible Introduction Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist [...]
The Attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, and Senator Mark Kelly
Executive Power, Institutional Independence, and the Boundaries of Lawful Authority Introduction To be transparent, I’ll share my bias. Historically, [...]
America’s Quiet Turn Toward State Capitalism
The Wall Street Journal recently observed that the United States is drifting toward a new economic model—what it describes as [...]
HISTORY
The Importance of the Fall of Constantinople in 1453
Introduction For several years I have taken courses online through thegreatcourses.com and also on their app. The Great Courses [...]
Does the Collapse of the French Third Republic in 1940 Provide Lessons for America?
Introduction Today, I participated in a weekly telephone conference with colleagues. Our discussion focused on the enormous power of [...]
Acquiescence of the American Government in the Murder of the Jews During WWII (Re-post )
Introduction After reading The Washing War: FDR’s Inner Circle by James Lacey I feel there is sufficient explicit and implicit [...]
“Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.”
“Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.” — Book of Hosea, The Bible Introduction Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist [...]
MEDICINE
Team Tony Cancer Foundation wins Small Business Award
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce awarded Team Tony Cancer Foundation the Small Business of the Year Award. For [...]
Rising Coronavirus Infections Weigh Heavily on Europe and the United States
The rapid escalation in the number of coronavirus victims has prompted policy makers in Europe and the United States [...]
Coronavirus Uptick Raises Alarms
The reclosing of eleven Apple stores in four states on Friday highlighted the growing concerns that the coronavirus is [...]
Economic numbers remain in doldrums
Over the past few days, economic releases have highlighted the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, we learned [...]
RELIGION
The Importance of the Fall of Constantinople in 1453
Introduction For several years I have taken courses online through thegreatcourses.com and also on their app. The Great Courses [...]
Acquiescence of the American Government in the Murder of the Jews During WWII (Re-post )
Introduction After reading The Washing War: FDR’s Inner Circle by James Lacey I feel there is sufficient explicit and implicit [...]
An Overview of the Kurds, Including the Discrimination They Face
Introduction Recent tensions involving Iran have placed the Kurdish population of the Middle East in a complicated position. Many [...]
Acquiescence of the American Government in the Murder of the Jews During WWII
Introduction After reading The Washing War: FDR’s Inner Circle by James Lacey I feel there is sufficient explicit and implicit [...]
SOCIOLOGY
How a Nobel Laureate Winner Helped Score Record Pay for WNBA Union
The front page of today’s (3/31) The Wall Street Journal highlighted the wonderful act by Claudia Goldin, who was [...]
An Overview of the Kurds, Including the Discrimination They Face
Introduction Recent tensions involving Iran have placed the Kurdish population of the Middle East in a complicated position. Many [...]
Tom Friedman View on Immigration
I recently saw an interview by Walter Isaacson with Tom Friedman. While they covered several topics, Friedman’s thoughts on [...]
UC San Diego and the Crisis of Education
A December 3rd article in the Wall Street Journal exposed the crisis in our educational system. Specifically, the number [...]
SPORTS
How Colleges and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life
“I think the reality is that college athletics has become a profit maximizing endeavor for athletics administrators and coaches. And [...]
Imperfect: An Improbable Life – By Jim Abbott and Tim Brown
After 10 years, Jim Abbott retired in1999 with a career record of 87-108. Imperfect relates the spectacular story of [...]
Multiple Legal Abuses involving Florida State Football Player
On November 15th, the New York Times wrote an article Florida State Player Fled Crash but Got Only Traffic [...]
Baseball Highlights Since 1893
Introduction My Extra Inning: This fall there will be a television series that follows up on Ken Burn’s fabulous [...]
THE ARTS
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven remarkable compositions won him favor among the enlightened aristocracy congregated at Vienna, and he enjoyed their [...]
Marc Chagall
Eloise and I recently enjoyed the Chagall exhibit in San Francisco. He composed images based on emotional and poetic [...]
Will Rogers
Will Rogers (1879-1935) had what it takes to tickle the national funny bone. His keen wit and the ability [...]
OTHER
The Next Chapter
As I sit down to write my final article for the Sarasota Herald Tribune after 15 years as a guest [...]
Etymologies & Word Origins Part II
Booze It derives from the Middle Dutch verb busen; meaning to driving heavily, and first appeared in English as a [...]
Etymologies & Word Origins
Bigwig This term for an important person dates to c. 1731. It is a reference to the powered wigs that [...]
SPEECHES
Doc’s 75th Birthday Speech
I want to thank all of you for participating in this celebration of life. I have enjoyed a [...]
Why I Support AIPAC
I want to thank Dr. Ken Stein for taking time out from his busy schedule to share with us his [...]
Joseph Werlin Faculty Award at University of Houston
I wish I could sing the words to the musical Oklahoma, “oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a [...]
