Open Letter to the Producers of “The Voice”

Dear Producers of The Voice: Congratulations on The Voice, an inspiring show that captures the basic American values of “from out of nowhere” success — I cheered the young farm boy whose previous experience was singing to his cows while baling hay, cheered that country western singer who sang at the local bowling alley next to the Piggly Wiggly,…

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Good Humor Man

In 1969, when my father was at the peak of his career as a printing salesman, he decided to put an in-ground swimming pool in our back yard.  It seemed like an odd decision since neither of my parents were swimmers.   When I think back on it now, I believe that the  pool was probably…

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Warfighting

My medical career has focused on the niche business of technology assessment for health insurance companies.   Specifically, I have analyzed the published medical literature on literally hundreds of medical technologies to determine whether or not they would be still considered investigational.  Insurance companies generally will not pay for investigational technologies.  This odd little profession has…

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