by David Gumpert | May 9, 2007 | Uncategorized |
As I read Mary McGonigle-Martin’s poignant account of how the doctors blamed and humiliated her during Chris’ illness, and Anna’s account of how she refrains from telling her physician about her emerging dietary habits, I was reminded of the...
by David Gumpert | May 7, 2007 | Uncategorized |
About once a week, I read an article with a headline similar to the one in the Saturday edition of a suburban Chicago newspaper: “State Warns of Bad Milk”. It’s a report from the Illinois Department of Public Health that a batch of raw milk from a...
by David Gumpert | May 5, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve long felt that, at their heart, large corporations most closely resemble the old Soviet Union (or the New Russia). As much as their leaders (even those featured in business magazine articles on "the best 100 companies to work for") may...
by David Gumpert | May 4, 2007 | Uncategorized |
My family and friends will tell you I’m a Whole Foods nut…And I suppose I am. When some friends “roasted” me for a special birthday a few years back, several actually put together a video spoof in which they made believe I was really a junk...
by David Gumpert | May 3, 2007 | Uncategorized |
If I was an advertising person, I think I could come up with a pretty cool TV ad (well, maybe a sort of cute TV ad) on behalf of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Something like this: “Ever wonder what that chicken you’re having for dinner had for...
by David Gumpert | May 2, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I appreciate the supportive comments about my mother’s confrontation with the medical system. I hadn’t been aware of the ethical considerations, and will be in touch with the Florida Medical Society. The comments stimulated some further thoughts about...
by David Gumpert | May 1, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been in Sarasota, FL, the last week tending to my mother, who is 84, trying to help her decide whether or not she needs to move from her apartment in a senior citizen community into an assisted living facility. She’s had what seems to be a...
by David Gumpert | Apr 30, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I was watching a report this morning on CNN that repeated what Kirsten notes in her comment on Friday’s post—that some thousands of pigs had apparently been given feed containing melamine, the poison responsible for the deaths of at least a dozen dogs...
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