by design | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson A common idiom holds that there are two sides of a coin. The interpretation of this saying, or dichotomy, is a contrast between oppositional perspectives. Philosophically, I’ve always held that with any concept you can conceive of its opposite....
by design | Apr 13, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m tired of thinking about the coronavirus crisis, though it is difficult not to be in its clutches. Becky’s mother just celebrated her 103rd birthday and Becky organized family and friends to parade by our matriarch within their cars because of...
by design | Apr 6, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Few Americans would argue that life has changed dramatically in the last month. For me, even 9/11 and retirement pale in comparison to the COVID–19 pandemic. All my life I was racing somewhere: college, then medical school, my office or the...
by design | Mar 30, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson The coronavirus crisis continues and obscures all other news such as Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and this year’s flu which has already killed 41,000 Americans. Actually, Biden is fortunate that he’s sheltered from crowds and gaffs. In some...
by design | Mar 23, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m fascinated by the ever-changing English lexicon, defined as the vocabulary or corpus of a language. I’ve written about words, our tools of expression. I’ve described being “woke,” exercising “intersectionality” and the definition of “leftism.”...
by design | Mar 16, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Three weeks ago, who would have imagined that the stock market would fall 8000 points, OPEC would dissolve in an oil war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, Bolshevik Bernie’s campaign would go from the lead to the sewer, sports would...