Ebola isn't such a foreign problem after all.

My city of Cleveland has now seen Ebola:  Read the news here

"Historians are bad communicators of their diligent research. 

Politicians are diligent communicators of their bad research"

-Sufia

This is why problems exist.
The silence of our wisdom is lost with the noise of our politics.

Historians, speak up! Connect with scientists. Connect with doctors. Connect with engineers. Connect with lawmakers. And most importantly, connect with the common people!

In our lovely democracy, the common people are capable of the most change.

Why do I write about this write now?

Today I attended a medical history book club at Case Western Reserve University's historical Dittrick Medical Museum. It was great. Enlightening, I felt apart of an elitist club,

The problem? Historians were communicating their observations with fellow historians. What good does this do?

If we were to confer back to MBTI, then historical societies are simply groups of perceivers who like to sit around and think about interesting things, but lack the desire to do much about the world's problems.

Most people are Judgers. They are doers. So perceivers, please educate the doers on what we should do. Its your societal contribution.

Sorry this post is so crappy. I'm starving and have this terrible migraine.

Which brings up a question: Is the mood of an INTP highly dependent on his or her physical condition? Because when I am just slightly hungry I get moody and all my cognitive functions are pretty much hopeless. Thoughts?

Sen. Claire McCaskill Slams the Charismatic Dr. Oz

Senator McCaskill, chair of Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance  publicly spanks Dr. Oz on his televised promotion of scam weight loss pills

My take on how it went down:

 "I'm surprised that you are defending...I mean I've tried to really do a lot of research in preparation for this trial, and the scientific community is almost monolithic against you in terms of the efficacy of the three products that you've called miracles."

....Transformation from demure doctor to petulant cat pending...

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Read/Watch the Hearing Here

Where in the World is George W. Bush?

As Sunni forces seek to solidify power in Baghdad, and sectarian war looms on the horizon, it is ever more apparent that our success in Iraq was entirely and holistically dependent on the stability of the region - a stability that has been so transient and unpredictable since the Six Day War, that to have faith in it would be laughable. And lethal.

The Iraq War was a gamble. In the casino that is the US Department of Defense, George Bush, Cheney, & Rumsfeld rolled the dice with reckless abandonment. But it's Americans and Iraqis who are now in debt: 4 trillion dollars, 400,000 lives, and a generation of parent-less Iraqi children and American sons lost to PTSD.

So with this resurgence in doubt in the wisdom of our involvement, where is George W. Bush to weigh in? Clinton and Carter have become citizens of the world since they left office. Bush? Well, he is a citizen of Dallas, I think.

Turns out he has shut out politics all together for a life of recreational painting (he was inspired by Winston Churchill, who took up this hobby. Read more here) and golfing. He is quite the regular out on the Dallas greens and has even built a putting green on his property.

When in office, then President Bush actually gave up golf out of deference for the troops. See, I'm also sacrificing for our country. Yet, since retirement Bush has taken up golf with a religious devotion; his friend, Charlie Younger calls him a "golf-a-holic".

Bush drives the irony of his renewed golfing out far, past the target hole, beyond the realms of sound judgement and sense. Playing golf while most of the nation supports the war is bad. But playing golf while the nation - sons, families of lost sons, and taxpayers - are suffering most from the debt and futility of the war is perfectly fine.

I will give due credit - he did make a service trip to Africa and in 2010 he teemed up with Clinton to bring relief to Haiti after the devastating earthquake.

But Bush didn't cause the social problems in Africa or the earthquake in Haiti. While it is difficult to judge the morality or intentions of a president, we can fairly expect him to be more in tune with the lives he has so greatly impacted.