The Power of Truth, Covid’s primary victim

I cannot think of a better way to begin 2022 than to speak truth to power because 2021 and the year that preceded it were almost entirely about power over truth. It has been the power of government over the individual citizen; about power of wealthy, elite progressives over the working class; about power of …

My update on Covid vaccines

If a cold is a organ grinder monkey, influenza is King Kong, and Covid is King Kong on steroids. R. T. Bosshardt I have known Kurt for over 53 years. We have been best friends since high school, are now both physicians (he a family practitioner and I a plastic surgeon), and still maintain weekly …

What is wrong with Critical Race Theory

I am not an academic. I am simply an American who happens to be a white male, arguably the most maligned group in America today. I have never believed, or acted as though I believed, that someone is in any way inferior to me simply because of their race. I am not colorblind. I have …

No longer a Fellow- why I am leaving the American College of Surgeons

After 28 years as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, I am done. Although it breaks my heart, I will no longer be Richard Bosshardt, MD, FACS. If you want to know why, read on. When I was in my surgical training, I first noted that some of the attending surgeons had the …

My Take on the Covid Vaccines

“With Covid-19, we have thrown caution to the winds.” I am no virologist, infectious disease specialist, or even a family physician, just a lowly plastic surgeon. Even so, friends, family, and even my own staff turn to me and ask what they should do about the Covid vaccine. Should they get it? Am I going …

Covid’s Four Horsemen

If you are like me, you are probably exhausted from all the discussion regarding the virus, SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19, the illness it causes. A lot of discussion had understandably focused on the rate of serious illness and death from Covid. The rates of both have been frightening (although the true rates are not really known …

The Moral Bankruptcy of the Democratic Party

“If hypocrisy were currency, Democrats would be billionaires.” Recent events have uncovered the unquestioned moral bankruptcy of the leadership of the Democratic Party, from the new administration on down. Dating this is not unlike trying to date some other antiquity; the origin tends to be lost in the mists of time. I first took note …