"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." William Butler Yeats   W.B. Yeats made this observation...

Truth is precious but can be difficult, even painful, to find. It’s like looking for my golf ball after I hit my first drive off the tee...

I come from a large family, seven children in all. In August, my siblings and spouses gathered at my brother’s house on the coast....

How on earth did it get to be August already? Summer is starting to wind down, although no one told the thermometer that. As a child, I...

The art of facilitating without getting in the way   The 95-year-old lady was accompanied by her two elderly daughters, who regarded...

(I had promised Part II of Both Sides Now, speaking to distrust and dysfunction between front-line medical workers and management. Due to...

What’s on Your Shoes Reveals What’s in Your Heart. The cultural divide is immense. Whether officer versus enlisted man, manufacturer or...

Dr. John Powell and I wrote this blog in February 2021. COVID was a year old. Our blog was up for scarcely a week when someone complained...

Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccinologist, spoke of his conversation with Dr Fauci regarding whether the US government should target high-risk...

Providers, Staff, and patients share concerns and some confusion regarding EFM’s decision to terminate its contract with TriWest. What...

My wife, Kathy, and I enjoy completing Jigsaw puzzles. We leave the puzzle up and work on it when time allows until it is finished. On a...

It’s been 45 years. I’ve had that long to consider health care in Douglas County.  What we do well. What we don’t. Time to observe the...

Thanks Oregon! Here we go again ☹  As the long warm and bright days of summer fade into the muted hues of autumn, many in Oregon...

The U.S. health care delivery system is undergoing a massive restructuring. There are many forces, seen and unseen, contributing to this...

The statistics were grim. World War II Bomber crews faced an average life expectancy of 11 missions. 55,573 crew members were killed out...

My younger sister, Esther, underwent coronary artery bypass surgery this August. It should have been me. Esther weighs about 110 pounds,...

“There is no such thing as new truth; error might be old or new, but truth is as old as the universe.” Frederick Douglass, 1863 “Popular...

Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I...

Written By: Mary Powell, MD/OB/GYN Pelvic organ prolapse is a common condition that affects many women. It is estimated 1 out of 4 women...

The perfect partnership Craig Underwood (81) is a 4th generation California farmer in Ventura County who was facing headwinds keeping his...