The CDC’s Toxic Lies

by the Applied Heart Contributors— Regular readers of Applied Heart know that the contributors to this blog are committed to truth. Truth is the issue—and truth has been largely abandoned or forgotten over the last 2 years. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in government institutions tasked with protecting public health. The New York... Continue Reading →

The Political Process Can Still Work

by Mike Halpin — When riots raged and cities burned, the political process was moving forward in the great state of Mississippi. While mobs desecrated, defaced, pulled down, and otherwise destroyed monuments celebrating Southern generals, as well as the likes of Washington and Lincoln, the legislature in Mississippi was collectively weighing options and engaging in... Continue Reading →

A Penchant for Panic—The COVID-19 Overreaction

by Steve Golden — As a family clinic RN, I’m considered a front-line healthcare worker in the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of my responsibilities include triaging phone calls from concerned (read, panicked) patients wondering if they have the virus, monitoring our clinic’s quickly dwindling supply of PPE (personal protective equipment), and taking shifts in our hospital’s... Continue Reading →

Lest We Forget

Rudyard Kipling wrote Recessional for Queen Victoria’s 60-year Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Her life and reign were winding down, she would die in 1901, and though the British Empire was at its zenith, it too would soon descend from its lofty heights to earth. After World War II the British Empire would become a less fearsome... Continue Reading →

True Patriots

My wife Cathie is a true patriot; I don’t know anyone who loves this country more than she does. Nor do I know anyone with more zeal for this country’s return to goodness and greatness than she has.   WWI era songster and Yankee Doodle Dandy, George M. Cohan, was auspiciously born on the 4th... Continue Reading →

Means & Ends

In 128 days we'll have a new President of the United States of America. Unless events conspire to derail one or both of the current presumptive nominees, either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will occupy that office. Even as I write that I cringe.  While both these candidates have their enthusiastic supporters, God bless them... Continue Reading →

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