To this outsider, the recent decision by the US Supreme Court that makes it possible for states to declare abortions illegal does not appear to have been decided based on law. Instead, the majority opinion began from personal and religious convictions and then extended to legal justifications. I say “justifications” because that’s what happens when […]
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In Pretty Good Shape For the Shape I’m In
Doctors, please stop using the Body Mass Index. I recently posted a meme on Facebook that said “According to the BMI chart, I’m too short.” I intended it to raise a laugh, and it did. The joke is that we all know there is something wrong with the chart. I’m a short 67-year-old with osteoporosis, […]