We’re spending a week on Crete, the rugged island at the southern edge of Europe. It’s a place of wild beauty, fierce winds off of the L...

The other night, I organized a picnic at Millennium Park for the organization I run, Chicago Physicians for Social Responsibility. The e...

I'm not a gardener by nature. I'm certainly into food and have been for years: farmers' markets, cooking, parties, restaurants, and of c...

I'm middle aged, and a doctor, so I know all too well that death is a part of life. I have lost patients--mostly elderly people or those w...

Earlier this week, Attorney General William Barr released his take on the Mueller report in a 4-page letter to congress. The relatively ...

A million years ago, I wrote a blog post about Jenny McCarthy and the fraudulent anti-vaccine movement with which she was heavily involve...

I was lucky enough to escape the endless Chicago winter last week when my husband and I headed to Belize. We spent one week in that tiny ...

It's New Year's Day, and I have gotten out of bed, maxed out on coffee, gone to the gym for a spin class, washed all the glassware from l...

Do you like to travel near and far? Are you interested in both building community at home and exploring other communities? I hope you w...