I consider myself a reasonably intelligent person, a man of science, possessing of a degree of common sense, and one who attempts to rationally think through things before expressing opinions. With that in mind, I have a few questions. 1.Why do we allow over 2 million illegal aliens to enter through our southern border without …
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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 …
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Good-bye 2021. Hello 2022
As the year draws to a close, thoughts inevitably turn reflective. I reflect on the year past and on the one to come. There were big changes for me, both personal and professional. This year, as I like to say, I celebrated the 30th anniversary of my 39th birthday. I recovered from Covid. I also …
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 …
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I Am a Surgeon
The year was 1984. I was a chief resident in general surgery at the US Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA. I and my two co-residents were finishing the last of five years of training in general surgery. By now, we were functioning as nearly independent surgeons, operating on our own patients and helping train the residents …
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 …
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Musings on Medicine and Life 