I live in an urban area.  My doctor is so close, if I touch the end of my nose, my elbow brushes against her office.  To be precise, she’s a block and a half away.  My dentist is 6 blocks away.  Three 3 hospitals are within spitting distance of my residence.  When it comes to m

In her essay, “Musical Chairs,” Rebecca Solnit parses the numerous splits in American politics. I  particularly like her description of the Republican party.  She charges it “preaches the gospel of austerity while running up deficits,” and extols individual rights, “except

While women have been helping other women have abortions for centuries, self-induced abortions have an equally long history.  (“The New Abortion Underground,” by Nina Liss-Schultz, Mother Jones, March/April, 2018, pg. 49).  Generally, the procedures were safe. Nonetheless, in th

During the 2016 election, I reported my blog had come under Russian attack.  My friends laughed.  My gurus didn’t. Lately, the blog has experienced another invasion, the source of which is unknown.  Three hundred people have subscribed to my blog in the last month alone.  They�