Dolors & Sense by Sanford Rose KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—2/6/12—Men love to lift weights—especially from a bench. There are few acts quite so gratifying to the typical male ego as is the repetitive lowering…

Dolors & Sense  by Sanford Rose KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—1/30/12—Every so often a newspaper or magazine will publish a grandiose analysis of the so-called economics of exercise. Such articles purport to view exercising in…

Dolors & Sense by Sanford Rose KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—1/23/12—The days of our years are threescore and ten and, if by reason of strength they be fourscore, yet is their strength labor and sorrow…

Dolors & Sense by Sanford Rose  KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—1/16/12—Not public relations. Genomics. Nearly everyone talks about the “Woody Allen” gene, the source of a neurotransmitter, serotonin, which has a powerful impact on things…

Dolors & Sense by Sanford Rose KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—1/9/12—Economics exhibits more than a little circularity. To spur the economy, we need more job creation. To spur job creation, we need more consumer spending.…

Dolors & Sense by Sanford Rose KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—1/2/11—Blood heals. It supplies oxygen and essential nutrients to the body. If tissues don’t get enough blood, they die. It’s called anoxia. In the end,…

Dolors & Sense by Sanford Rose KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—12/26/11—I am an unwanted guest at life’s second feast. Burdened by a genetic inheritance that is useful for some purposes, but certainly not for restful…

Dolors & Sense by Sanford Rose KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—12/19/11—The doctor’s first duty is, of course, Primum non nocere. Do no harm. In many cases, doing no harm means doing nothing at all, which,…

Dolors & Sense by Sanford Rose KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—12/12/11—As G.M. Trevelyan once put it: “I have two doctors—my left leg and my right.” Those who don’t use these two doctors are condemned to…

Dolors & Sense by Sanford Rose KISSIMMEE Florida—(Weekly Hubris)—12/5/11—The inimitable Yogi Berra had it right. Much of life is a tiresome re-run. Take the Eurozone crisis. It’s a re-visitation of the crisis that…