by design | Mar 5, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson If you’ve got an itch, you’ve got to scratch it; but should you? To borrow from the Bard, “To scratch, or not to scratch; that is the question.” Maybe I’m focused on skin lately because my own nose is so red and painful. Recently, my...
by design | Feb 25, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I get as frustrated as anyone else when I hear that our government has given some researcher precious resources to study the mating preferences of fruit flies or build robot squirrels; I didn’t make these up. And there are hundreds of even more...
by design | Feb 18, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As I look up at the cloudy February skies and watch the cold drizzle fall, I begin to long for spring. In fact, about the only good thing I can say about February is that it’s short. Perhaps a sign of aging is that you long for southern regions...
by design | Feb 11, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr Jim Ferguson As I look up at the cloudy February skies and watch the cold drizzle fall, I begin to long for spring. In fact, about the only good thing I can say about February is that it’s short. Perhaps a sign of aging is that you long for southern regions...
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve become accustomed to writing my Focus essay on Wednesday afternoons after I’ve made hospital rounds and I’ve finish business chores. However, grandbabies change your life. My two girls were fortunate to have my stay-at-home wife, Becky, when...
by design | Jan 28, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson In the late 17th century the English philosopher John Locke wrote a treatise on what would become known as the “social contract.” In his paper Locke influenced many Enlightenment thinkers, including Thomas Jefferson who wrote our Declaration of...
