There is a new fad called earthing. The theory is that as we are separated from the earth by noise cancellation, rubber-soled sneakers, and multi-layered

“Because there’s always another story to tell…” I arrived in Washington for the second time in the fall of 1979. We must have looked like

For most of medical history, pharmacological research rarely left solid ground. Aspirin came from the bark of willow trees, penicillin from mold, and Taxol from

It takes a special person to run for Congress as a Democrat in Maryland’s First District. A Republican has held the seat since 2011, and

A dear friend and loyal reader recently told me that my last two Musings seemed, in his words, “wistful.” I don’t think he was wrong.

A dear friend and loyal reader recently told me that my last two Musings seemed, in his words, “wistful.” I don’t think he was wrong.

Gus is starting to cough more.  Each time I hear it, I shudder. Gus has an enlarged heart. There is no cure.  Gus is my