The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends a colonoscopy for
everyone beginning around age 50. The purpose of the screening procedure
is to look for existing colorectal cancer or signs the disease might
develop. Additional colonoscopies are recommended thereafter at 10-year
intervals, assuming no problems are discovered. At the ACS website, the
procedure is called "uncomfortable and invasive" and suggests "someone
drive you home after the procedure." Preparation for colonoscopy

Earlier this week, the nation celebrated the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. The King holiday is one of eleven federal holidays. There is much to like about such celebrations, besides a day off work. What I really like is the multiple opportunities such holidays afford to reflect on the lives of exceptional people and their noble deeds.

In this spirit, I have concluded we don't have nearly enough special days of celebration. I propose that we celebrate exceptional people and their noble deeds everyday.

INTRODUCTION

“If I make a resolution, I’m not going to do it. I don’t like anyone telling me what to do. Even if it’s me telling me what to do. So I end up breaking resolutions because I like to rebel against myself.”  Craig Ferguson, host of The Late, Late Show

Every parent wants her child to eat right, exercise,
be relatively responsible and agree with the advice she imparts about
living successfully, getting ahead and finding happiness. But, managing
to convince a child to adopt all or even a few of such hard-earned
insights often seems at least as challenging as bringing peace to the
Middle East, scoring an invitation to play at Carnegie Hall or executing
a quadruple axel—with rented ice skates.

The challenge of guiding the young into doing the

Should you be concerned about the growth of the population in this country and around the world? Even if you believe the trend line is worrisome and that problems ahead will, if not corrected, adversely affect the quality of life of your children and their children, can you, a solitary individual, do much about it? Can you make a meaningful difference?

I've often read and heard it said that wellness is a choice. In fact, I have said so myself, many times. But, as the years go by, one begins to question everything. This can lead to changes and/or fine-tuning of long-held beliefs.

What lies behind the Wellness Report? What are the defining purposes, the hoped-for returns that animate the production so many commentaries on a range of topics? Expressed in another way what, besides the obvious motives (i.e., fame, power and love of mankind), lies behind these weekly newsletters?

First, an explanation in my words, after which I shall call on a higher authority (the man once known as "the Great Agnostic") for a fuller explanation.