by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Fair Share By Dr. Jim Ferguson Last week was April 15, Tax Day, but to paraphrase the 1960-80s public service announcement, “Do you know where your [dollars] are?” Americans are sending trillions of dollars to Washington, but the government is spending money faster...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
And the Lord God formed a man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and he became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 By Dr. Jim Ferguson It finally looks like winter is done, March Madness is over, the eclipse hoopla has subsided and...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Observations I hate writing. I love having written. Dorothy Parker By Dr. Jim Ferguson As my readers know, I have retired from my medical practice after 50 years, and now consider myself in my second career as a writer. I finally retired my medical license because it...
by design | Apr 1, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. Sun Tzu (Chinese general) By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m reading the Bible again this year, but this time my Holy Bible app is reading it aloud to me. Humans were once an aural culture, then a written...
by design | Mar 25, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
In the News The more you have thought and written…the more you can still write. Thought breeds thought. It grows under your hands. Henry David Thoreau By Dr. Jim Ferguson My schedule was off last week because my daughter’s family from Oregon was with us. And that’s a...
by design | Mar 18, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Cusp of Spring If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm it, I know that is poetry. Emily Dickinson By Dr. Jim Ferguson Every spring I’m struck by trees coated with a snow-like dusting of a late winter storm. However, it’s the...
