It is often said that laughter is the best medicine, yet I have never written a prescription for a funny movie, or a television comedy show, and I have no clowns or rubber chickens in my office. On the contrary, doctors are often expected to be serious and professional.

In 2021, communism seems like a distant threat to many. Generations of Americans have learned about the atrocities committed by Stalin and Lenin in Russia. Many are familiar with Mao’s Great Leap Forward, which led to the Great Chinese Famine and starvation and death for millions.

The 2020 Olympics (held in 2021) turned out to be a bit of a dud. I am not sure if there is something in our social makeup that makes events, whether sports or otherwise, less appealing when there’s no fans in attendance, but I found it difficult to get engaged with these Olympic games.

When patients and their families are asked to meet with palliative care specialists, it commonly triggers a wide range of emotions.

A week after taking office, President Biden signed Executive Order 14008 that set a goal “of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030.” This goal is also known as 30 x 30. The order parrots the policy goals of radical environmental groups.

I can’t be the only middle-aged adult in the midst of raising my children that hears this phrase all the time. “These are the best days of your life.” or another version, “Enjoy it now because you’re going to wish you had this time back.”

“Doc, what’s this scaly rash on my arm? Do I have ringworm again?” A lot of the rashes I see in my dermatology clinic are red and scaly. In fact, what first drew me to dermatology as a profession was watching a dermatologist distinguish between seemingly similar red, scaly rashes all day.

We’re only a month away from one of the most important annual events for our state—the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. This year, the fair will run from August 27th through September 6th.

Examples of accelerating scientific progress abound in human history.

On January 27, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed his “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” In this order, President Biden set a “goal of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030.”