When I arrived at college, I quickly realized that if I wanted to attain any type of outstanding student status like I had in high school, it would take a lot of work. My grade point average was solid, and my work ethic was strong, but in the arts, you needed something else. I ...
When I was born, American consumerism and our incredible accumulation of stuff was born, too. Up until then, our country was very frugal. We recycled everything, bought recapped tires, and grew and then canned our vegetables and fruit. Heck, my parents even used tea bags more than once. Our ...
America鈥檚 health care system prioritizes sickness over wellness and prevention. According to the Commonwealth Fund, despite spending the highest percentage of gross domestic product on health care, the United States ranks last among 11 of the wealthiest countries in the world. The ...
Our address was the corner of Water and Maple streets in East Liberty. Well, the mailing address was Dickerson Run, but everyone who lives there knows it鈥檚 East Liberty. Liberty for short. Even the elementary school I attended had the name East Liberty Elementary carved directly into the ...
鈥淚 told my doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to stop going to those two places.鈥� George Burns As a former, non-traditional hospital administrator, I have found people like Norman Cousins and Dr. Hunter 鈥淧atch鈥滱dams to be inspirational medical heroes. Neither was famous ...
鈥淪tupid is as stupid does.鈥� 鈥� Forrest Gump "The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence." 鈥� Adolf Hitler "War does not determine who is right 鈥� only who is left." - Bertrand Russell "I hate war as only a soldier who has ...