North Stars

Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams 1798 By Dr. Jim Ferguson How do you know what’s right? But the question presupposes that there is such a thing as right or some standard...

Trust

The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie. Mark Twain By Dr. Jim Ferguson No one in the universe, not even Allah, trusts the Iranians. During nuclear disarmament discussions with the Soviet Union in the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan...

The May Melange

“Our goal is to beat them electorally — and then we have to break their spirit.” Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader By Dr. Jim Ferguson Because so many things are happening, no particular topic caught my interest this week. So, I decided to take a...

Glimmers of Hope

Democrats cause problems and Republicans fix them or at least try to. Buck Sexton By Dr. Jim Ferguson It astounds me that people still identify as Democrats and support the party’s crazy policies instead of common sense. Even the few seemingly sensible Democrats like...

The American Dialect

  There is no distinctly American criminal class – except Congress Mark Twain By Dr. Jim Ferguson Perhaps the reason I became an internist is because I notice details, differences or a divergence from the typical or standard. Some years ago, I became...

Sickness

Physician, heal yourself! Jesus Christ By Dr. Jim Ferguson Perhaps I should stop trying to make this once-a-week column contemporaneous. Instead of writing about current events, maybe I should just write about things that interest me, like poetry, science, history,...