How to Bring an End to Our Polarized Society

How to Bring an End to Our Polarized Society

Fear grips our souls at times. Yet, we most often keep this shaking-in-my-boots emotional state below the surface. Not that everything on the surface is calm in the U.S. right now. There is much rancor among us around every election season, and it’s more intense this...

Why We All Need Knowledge and Wisdom

An enduring symbol of medical practice is the physicians’ caduceus – it’s a winged staff, with two serpents twined around it. Robertson Davies reminded me that the Greek myth of Hermes is this symbol’s origin. Davies explained in his book,...