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Boom to Bust  What if one product could treat chronic pain, inflammation, sprains scrapes, insect bites and more. Would you want to buy it? Clark Stanley of Abilene, Texas was…

To Know or Not to Know   It is often said that “knowledge is power”, a saying that is credited to Sir Francis Bacon, from is book Meditationes Sacrae (1597). Knowledge  empowers…

We didn’t Start the Fire If asked, what would you list as the top 10 most important innovations in the past 100 years or so? Thinking of innovations during this…

In a Pickle William Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest, contains one of the first uses of the expression “in a pickle.” The Tempest is a story of a shipwreck (think Gilligan’s…

Say What? Imagine you just moved to Surprise City, AZ (yes, it’s a real place) and are spending Friday evening searching the internet for a primary care physician (PCP). Up pops the…

What’s the best thing about July? For many Americans, it’s the Fourth of July, the federal holiday celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It’s a time to spend with family…

The legend of the Trojan horse is a great story of how an ingenious bit of trickery led to the end of the 10 year war between the Greeks and…

Marking Milestones In the days of the Roman Empire, roads were marked by milestone markers set 1,000 paces apart. Made of stone or marble, the markers not only provided the…

You may have heard the saying “Red sky at night, sailors’ delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.” It’s an example of a way people tried to predict…

On the Safe Side “Ring Around the Rosie” is a well-known nursery rhyme and singing game in the U.S. and around the world. The rhyme first appeared in print in…