Month: December 2021

Amidst these fast-waning days of Advent I received an email from a friend whom I have known and admired since college days. In his email to me, Jim related this serendipity experience. It occurred, he wrote, as he was reading on his computer screen the many SiriusXM holiday stations which he can play on his…

Recently I read Michael Lewis’ excellent book, The Premonition. In a most engaging way Lewis tells of the very disjointed – and often publicly resisted and opposed – development of our national response to infectious disease and the Covid-19 Pandemic. He also relates, through the careers of several of our nation’s various state-wide, community health officers,…