Are we truly free?

Referring to the war in Iraq, a network news reporter recently suggested that newly found freedom allows the Iraqi people to express themselves through suicide bombings and destruction. The concept of freedom within the bounds of responsibility to society was...

Lies

Untruth is amazingly easy to believe, especially when we are faced with so many conflicting perspectives. A medical school professor taught me that patients will often believe their grandmother before they believe their doctor, and this has certainly been my...

Lovers of Truth

The grids through which we filter "truth" reveal much about us and our worldview. Many factors influence our decisions or opinions. Being young or old, rich or poor, male or female, employed or unemployed, slave or free can affect our view of...

In God We Trust

As I examined the box, I doubted that the taping would hold. The box contained some of the contents of our Budapest apartment. So I took out my trusty duck tape and began to wrap and wrap and wrap. At the end, the box was more tape than cardboard — a sight to...

Shortcuts

Watching a mother and her two small children take a shortcut across dangerous tram tracks and a busy street was almost more than I could bear. As an emergency physician, I have spent much of my life medically "fixing" the shortcuts people have taken. But who...