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An Apple for the Teacher Bringing an apple to a teacher is a common theme in “all things teachers.”  Just to clarify, an apple as in the fruit, not an…

More Than Skin Deep Sir Thomas Overbury, an English poet and writer, is credited with the modern proverb “beauty is only skin deep,” based on his 1613 poem, A Wife…

It’s Back Some medical myths, also called misinformation, never seem to go away regardless of how many times they’re debunked. It’s been a little over 25 years since Dr. Andrew Wakefield…

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…