by tjb | Jan 9, 2024 | Author's Posts
Three Ugly Truths 1. America is a crippled republic because it suffers from COMMON SENSE CONFUSION and CIVIC IGNORANCE. 2. To compete in a global economy fueled by super technology, America must have a SUPERBLY EDUCATED WORKFORCE and a HEALTHY WORKFORCE. 3. America...
by tjb | Jan 3, 2024 | Author's Posts
Sanitation Surgery * In 1867, Dr. Joseph Lister introduced sanitation in surgery, but not without a big fight with the leading surgeons of nineteenth-century England. His paper, “On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery”, was read before the...
by tjb | Dec 27, 2023 | Author's Posts
The Sentimentality Blues * Bob and Ruth Smith were enjoying life. They had just moved into their new home, and Bob’s salary was enough to allow Ruth to be a “stay-at-home-mom” for their four-year old twins. * Bob was the manager of an Engineering...
by tjb | Dec 19, 2023 | Author's Posts
NASA’s Apollo Blues * The original seven pilots were culled from a batch of military test pilots that had the “Right Stuff”. * Before the first Apollo manned flight ever cleared the launching pad, eleven astronauts died in accidents. Grissom,...
by tjb | Dec 12, 2023 | Author's Posts
Hand Washing * In 1848, Dr. Semmelweis, a graduate of the prestigious University of Vienna Medical School, introduced a revolutionary idea while assisting in the Vienna Obstetrical Clinic: he required medical students to wash their hands in chlorine water before...
by tjb | Dec 7, 2023 | Author's Posts
Approval Ratings * A recent survey resulted in an 11% Approval Rating for Congress. What’s going on? If any of us had an Approval Rating of 11% we would be unemployed! We trusted the members of Congress, that we voted in, with the future of America. What has...
