by design | Oct 3, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
To be, or not to be, that is the question. — William Shakespeare By Dr. Jim Ferguson We do not have Hamlet’s conundrum of a life or death struggle. Or maybe we do, if you believe the pronouncements of iPOTUS and his handlers. The question for Americans is to...
by design | Sep 26, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“I hate writing, I love having written.” -Dorothy Parker “Most of the time I enjoy writing, but I love having written.” -Jim Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson Each week I sit down and write about what’s on my mind. Now that I am retired this usually occurs on a Wednesday...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” –Edmund Burke By Dr. Jim Ferguson Some years ago, a friend told me that she once worked for a casino as a shill. I was clueless, so I went to the dictionary. Webster defines a shill as...
by design | Sep 12, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“Let’s start at the beginning, a very good place to start…” —Maria from the Sound of Music By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m a big fan of old movies, especially musicals. But then I’ve listened to Beethoven’s fifth and ninth symphonies at least 100 times with the same...
by design | Sep 6, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Jim Ferguson There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miseries. — Brutus from William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” In 42 BC,...
by design | Aug 29, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Those who can make you believe absurdities; can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire By Dr. Jim Ferguson Years ago, when I was in traditional medical practice, I learned about TMI, defined by my nurse as “too much information.” One afternoon while going to my...
