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Posted by on Feb 26, 2016 in Blog, Personal | 1 comment

Night of the Living Dead in Las Vegas (Part 1)

 

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Meeting Dr. Werner Spitz, the father of modern forensic pathology

 

I attended a coroners convention in Las Vegas at the invitation of Dr. Michael Baden and met Dr. Werner Spitz, the father of modern forensic pathology.  Here’s are few thoughts of what I learned from this remarkable encounter.

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Posted by on Jan 3, 2016 in Blog, Politics | 3 comments

Stop Domestic Terrorism: Time to Call Out the National Guard in Oregon

 

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Things usually turn out badly for those who purportedly hear voices from god and then grab their guns.  Apparently, that was the impulse that led to the current standoff happening right now in a remote part of southeast Oregon.  We now have an armed insurrection on our hands triggered by a fringe group of heavily-armed militants, most with some mighty grotesque misinterpretations of the United States Constitution.

My advice — go in there with the National Guard and clean the out.

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Posted by on Dec 16, 2015 in Blog, Sports Betting | 3 comments

Busting a Myth: How the 1919 “Black Sox” Gambling Scandal Actually Helped Baseball

 

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In this column, I expose a myth that baseball suffered in popularity after the 1919 Black Sox scandal.  All evidence proves otherwise.

There’s overwhelming evidence that suggests gambling (and all the associated publicity and media fallout) may have significantly increased baseball’s popularity.  

The facts on this appear to prove irrefutable.

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