Am I taking the contrarian view in saying Ebola is a tempest in a teapot? Compared with what I call major league infectious diseases, like TB, measles, malaria even dengue, it’s a drop in the ocean. By that I mean history is littered with  thousands of infectious mini-demics dead of their own accord. That is…

  Written as I’m reading that some 3500 US troops are winging their way to West Africa. Not all scourges require aggressive action. I got to thinking about this being exposed to organizations like the Cato Institute from one of my conservative acquaintances, advocating nil to minimal government intervention. The Ebola bug (EVD) exploded into…

  I’d nearly forgotten how much courage it takes to ask a woman out. Today we are told men and women are the same  but in former times, men attracted women partly on their brashness, not always physical attractiveness or current financial success. Everyone has noticed young men and women failing to tie the knot,…