The best pill for health is a good diet.  We all know that and we also know what that diet is.  Largely, its Mediterranean with its concentration on fruits and vegetables, olive oil, grains, beans and fish.  Add a few nuts and you protect your heart as well as your brain. Cut out s

Last night, after a grueling day that left me feeling as lively as an amputated foot, I slumped into a cushioned chair in the lounge of the retirement center, a cup of coffee in my hand.  The clock on the wall said 4:47 p.m.,  a time when a number of residents cluster in the area, w

Being either a psychopath or a narcissist is rapidly falling out of favor as a mental illness among psychiatrists. The afflictions, if they are afflictions, are far too common.  (See blogs 1/18/13 and 6/16/14.)  Psychopaths, for example, thrive as CEO of corporations, politicians an

Big changes are afoot at my retirement center in the new year.   My Zumba exercise class has been cancelled and though dancing is the least hateful way for me to exercise, I confess I’m happy about it.  I loathed the music.  What’s more, the tunes stayed with me days after the

Okay, the holidays are over and many of us are showing a little regret in the form of a jelly roll around our middles.  We know how to get rid of it, providing we are willing to make the effort.  Calories in-calories out. Right?  Eat less and exercise more?  Of course. In the end,

There’s a storm brewing at the retirement center.  It’s a small one.  4 vegetarians have gathered and there’s talk of revolution.  We’re sick of looking at all those drawn and quartered and fried dead animals that pass for food and want choices that are healthy.  Surprisin

Donald Trump says Muslim’s in New Jersey cheered when the 911 towers went down.  Despite the lack of evidence, he continues to say it with great conviction.  Some people believe if you tell a lie often enough, it becomes true in some people’s minds.  Certainly, the dairy indust

When I was a kid, my friends and I spoke in pig Latin when we wanted privacy while others were present.   The rules were simple and familiar to many, though in our smugness, we weren’t aware of that until our 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Brown, slapped us down with a few pig Latin phra

Subliminal messaging contends the unconscious mind can be reached by tricking the conscious one. Want to sell more popcorn at the movies? Flash popcorn on the screen fast enough so that the word seems invisible and wait by the cash register for your customers. The theory had its heyda

We all know the stereotype: brainy girls are the homely sidekicks of the buxom, brainless blondes whom boys can’t get enough of. Watch the TV series, Big Bang, for a classic example.   The pairing of beauty with the brain dead isn’t in accordance with nature, however. (Click) De