Essays

Immunity in Covid Times

Medical literature often describes the immune system as a wartime defense strategy against invaders. “Without an immune system,” Medical News Today writes, “our bodies would be open to attack…It is our …

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Bad Boy

This Saturday, we returned from Sea Isle, the Jersey beach town where we vacation each year with Karen’s family. We stayed on 48th Street, steps from the boardwalk, which stretches …

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The “Perfect” Diet

In America, views on healthful eating fall on a spectrum defined by two opposing ideologies. On one side, people like Dr. Mercola, Sally Fallon (founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation) …

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