Until the mid-1970’s graduates at most medical schools in the United States recited the Hippocratic Oath. In fact, I was...

It was the morning of my flight from Vienna to Philadelphia. When I fly west, I try to eat only a small breakfast since food...

The day was cloudless, filled with sunshine. Pamela and I were walking on top of the Dachstein Glacier in Austria (2,700 meters...

In 1904 London-based Gresham Life Assurance Company began construction of its foreign headquarters, the Gresham Palace. This...

Gasping for air! I can still see the anxious faces of children with respiratory disease being rushed into my emergency...

There they were - hundreds of people with iPods and MP3 players dancing in the middle of Paddington Train Station in...

Lately, while trying to lose some excess weight, I have had to choose not to eat when hungry. Tragically many around the world...

While watching a uniformed man waving a flag from the roof of our hotel in India, my wife, Pamela, confidently exclaimed,...

Recently, I loaned my reading glasses to a friend. She immediately laughed and asked, "How often do you clean your...

Recent travels have placed me in the presence of friends full of laughter. As a result, my spirit became light, my body -...

I was a guest - not a member of the family, but treated like one. Examining the outside - the seen - this family is...

"What is important is not what is next but what is now." My friend continued by saying that many times she thinks so...

Who can you trust anymore? I struggle to find leaders in whom I can place my trust. But I am apparently not alone.An article...

Freedom of choice, a politically charged phrase, comes laden with dangers rarely considered. In his book, The Beginning of...

Forgiveness is a daily struggle for me. Anger and thoughts of revenge come naturally to me. How can I obediently respond to...

Wrestling with a bar of hotel soap inside an unusually sturdy plastic wrapper ended in me losing! For three consecutive days, I...

His presence is imposing. At six feet seven inches, his entrance into a room commands attention. His winsome, warmly engaging...

Massive, unspeakable tragedy entered the doors of the emergency department daily. Instead of fear, uncertainty or trepidation I...

"He (Abraham Lincoln) won because he possessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to...

Do I keep the framed blown-up picture of me in my diapers catching a ball or do I throw it away? What about the Christmas...