Breaking through old thinking in medicine

• Oct 3, 2019

Watching the new documentary “Jim Allison: Breakthrough,” which opens Friday, Oct. 4, at the Tivoli Theatre, I considered the possibility that if James Allison had been born 15 or 20 years sooner, my mom might be alive today.

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Post-Dispatch building resonates with memories

• Aug 8, 2019

I’ve said my goodbyes to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Food allergies and laws of kashrut

• Jul 31, 2019

As a lactose-intolerant adult, I have grown accustomed to life without cheese. Having never been a huge fan except for the gooey stuff atop a deep-dish pizza, this is not much of a problem for my taste buds. I will, however, admit to craving — and missing — an occasional Dairy Queen Blizzard…

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‘Impossible’ ’69 moon mission soars in documentary

• Jul 3, 2019

My fascination with America’s manned space program was neither logical nor practical. And the timing was terrible.

Mueller’s cold, hard truth: Russia’s 2016 attack on the United States

• Jun 6, 2019

The criminal investigations that special counsel Robert Mueller led for the Department of Justice for the last two years were not about Donald Trump or Donald Jr. or Michael Cohen or George Papadopoulos or Michael Flynn or any of the many other members of the Trump gang that couldn’t shoot s…

Hail to the hummus to celebrate Israel's 71st anniversary

• May 9, 2019

Independence Day commemorates the establishment of Israel as an independent Jewish state. This inspirational declaration was announced on May 14, 1948 by the Jewish leadership, led by future Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. 

Fitness blog: Why do we recline at the seder?

• Apr 11, 2019

We have been hosting first-night seder on Pesach for more years than I can even recall. Sometimes we have a crowd around our limited-seating dining room table, and other years have been more intimate. However, it never fails that something will always go wrong: red wine spilling on the speci…

We still don’t know what Mueller’s team found

• Apr 4, 2019

The latest count of lies and misstatements made by President Donald Trump since he became president about two years ago stands at 9,179 as of March 17. In the first two months of 2019, he averaged 22 false or misleading claims per day, a 33 percent increase over 2018, according to the Washin…