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…

PUMPING IRONY: Your Place or Mine?

I am five years older than My Lovely Wife, an age difference that occasionally invites mostly…

PUMPING IRONY: I’m All Ears

Mammals, I’ve recently learned, are the only vertebrates that are incapable of regenerating the sensory hair…

PUMPING IRONY: The Color of Worry, the Color of Calm

I seem quite suddenly to be going gray. Well, suddenly wouldn’t be completely accurate: I first…

PUMPING IRONY: Born to Run?

There’s nothing like a season on a cross-country team to put a guy off running for…

PUMPING IRONY: Back to the Future

I climbed on my bike the other day and pedaled over to meet My Lovely Wife…