by cutting-edge-publishing | Apr 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
By all measures, Iran should be one of the most successful countries in the world. It has a population of nearly 90 million people, who are generally well-educated. It has immense natural resources. It has 11.4% of the world’s oil reserves and 18% of the world’s...
by cutting-edge-publishing | Apr 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
I have eaten raw oysters much of my adult life. I have been aware of the risks, but since I had no experience of getting sick from eating raw oysters, I did not pay much attention to that warning, thinking I must be immune. Our family vacation this year was to Hawaii,...
by cutting-edge-publishing | Mar 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
I was going through my pictures and came across the one above. It is one that demands an essay. So here it is: These three, Hitler, Stalin, and Putin, have shaped at least a hundred years of our history. There are some very strong similarities among these three...
by cutting-edge-publishing | Mar 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
If you need a surgeon, you need to do some research. As a surgeon, I had no trouble choosing the surgeon who would operate on me. In my 50+ years of practicing surgery, I worked with many other surgeons, and I knew exactly what I wanted. Someone with experience. As...
by cutting-edge-publishing | Mar 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
I was born at a most tumultuous time in history, in the middle of World War II. Hitler had annexed Austria to Germany in what he called the “Anschluss” on March 12, 1938. I have vague recollections of the war and post-war period, especially the drone of the...
