If you closely examine the saying, “Perfect is the enemy of good,” which is a loose translation of the Italian saying first uttered by Voltaire, you will realize that it’s not a cry to do things in a half-baked manner. It is, however, a plea to stop being obsessed with perfection ...
My grandmother always had a few feral outside cats that she fed and nurtured. Interestingly enough, because she couldn’t stand bloodshed, she put collars with loud bells on them to provide a warning to the very wildlife they were intended to thwart. As a result, when the previous owners ...
As National Women’s Month drew to a close in March and faded into the other 11 months that are not dedicated exclusively to women, I received an email message regarding a new book written by Phyllis E. Greenberger, “Sex Cells.” Greenbeger has a list of credentials regarding ...
By Nick Jacobs Due to the higher number of strokes there compared to the rest of the country, PubMed abstract author Lokesh Bathala dubbed the Southeastern part of the United States the Stroke Belt. During a two-week stay at the University of Alabama Hospitals, Bathala noted that 57 ...
By Nick Jacobs When one of my former bosses, who was filled with both hackneyed phrases and horse pucky, tried to regain control of any given situation, he would often say, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” He didn’t use those words as a source of profound insight into ...
By Nick Jacobs After being inundated with another full day of news about the candidates for president, I’m exhausted from the petty bickering, finger-pointing, accusations, and madness of it all. This feels like a reality show with a plot filled with social media-inspired ...
