PUMPING IRONY: Dying to Lose Weight

On a certain level, I can understand why people flock to low-calorie diets. We all want…

PUMPING IRONY: Healthy Housework

Every couple of weeks or so, when I chance to notice roving tufts of cat fur…

PUMPING IRONY: Surveillance State

My Lovely Wife and I don’t see much of our offspring these days. Our daughter and…

PUMPING IRONY: Help for the Helpful

If there were a Helpers Hall of Fame, my older brother would’ve been inducted years ago.…

PUMPING IRONY: From Bonus to Busted?

For the 30 million or so American seniors who rely on a monthly Social Security check…

PUMPING IRONY: The Honeymoon’s Over

It’s been an awfully brief honeymoon for Big Pharma. Mere months after Americans lionized Pfizer, Moderna,…

PUMPING IRONY: A Smart Choice?

A longtime colleague of mine retired last week, just shy of his 66th birthday. I congratulated…

PUMPING IRONY: Growing Pains

For the better part of the last four years, My Lovely Wife and I have enjoyed…

PUMPING IRONY: Meddling With Medicare

When a frightening medical emergency last spring sent My Lovely Wife to the ER via an…

PUMPING IRONY: Vision Quest

I was out on the golf course the other day waiting to tee off when I…