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AMERICAN INDIANS AND THE ISRAELI NOBEL LAUREATE, DANIEL KAHNEMAN When I began working with the Indians, it looked like they were intent on educating this “tribal” boy into the ways…
If you are reading airline magazines or on the net browsing, every now and then you come across the ads: How does this neurosurgeon look so good without his scrubs?…
In just over three hundred years, and in some cases even less, the American Indians had been forced to change their lifestyle, like no other people on earth. Forced to…
In my travels around the world, I have been fortunate to encounter physicians devoted to their craft. It is a pleasure to be in their presence and watch them heal…
SAUDADE, LE MAL DU PAYS, ANORANSA, LONGING For MM et LBGS Le Mal du Pays Diamond Head menhirs in quiberon sacred hill for the lakota wickiup in sierra madre oriental…
IT is 14th of July 2014 Bastille Day Fete Nacional France Celebrations Parades Fireworks yes in France but I am in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Since I have family in France…
This is the first time, in a very long while, that I have spent any time as a tourist in the capital of Malaysia. First of all, I have to…
MEDICAL CARE IN AN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY STORY OF IGNORANCE, GREED AND SUFFERING Let us call this South East Asian country, Srivijaya. Charming people, wonderful smiles, tolerant of others, they had…
THE BARBER POET OF LA HABANA EL ULTIMO ROMANTICO It was a balmy evening in La Habana, Cuba. As usual people were milling about, this being a Friday, more than…
CHRONOLOGY OF METABOLIC DETERIORATION WITH INCREASING OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS When I began working with the American Indians, I was shown a copy of a painting by Seth…
For most westerners, Tribes would mean exotic groups of people who live in the hills, wearing handmade jewelry and who would dance for them, put on a show for a…
Those of us who are English speakers may take comfort in the fact that there is hardly any place on earth that we will not be understood! The formation of…