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 Libyan Sea, and one-l...

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

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

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 who had led very unh...

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

A million years ago, I wrote a blog post about Jenny McCarthy and the fraudulent anti-vaccine movement with which she was heavily involved. You can read it h...

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 country wedged betwe...

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 last night's small ga...

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