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What will you do with your life?

31 years ago, Donald Trump said in an interview: "I'll be 36 next year and I've done everything I can do. Sometimes I think it was a mistake to have raced through it all so fast. What's the next level up? The grass isn't always greener . . . I work, and I don't worry. How can you top that? . . . I protect myself as well as anybody can. I prepare for things but ultimately we all end up going . ....

Ten falsehoods your staff will tell you.

5. We have too much work for staff we have and we need to hire another. The dentist cannot afford to have even one extra staff person, nor can they afford the luxury of working inefficiently. This may be a good time for the doctor and staff to review the way they do things and streamline operations if need be. The number of staff needed is based on activity. Decrease activity and your staff wil...

Will your safety harness kill you?

Be sure your sins will find you out!

I'm going to come clean. I have a confession to make. Yesterday, my wife and children and I went to a near by state park and took a walk on a walking trail through the woods. I had told the kids that we could very well see some deer. It didn't take long to realize that we wouldn't see any deer with the amount of noise four children can make. Though we didn't see any deer, we did see a snake. We...

Will Switzerland follow Spain? Maybe, if you raise your voice!

This commentary is not about the economy but about public health policy making in an area where Switzerland can learn from Spain. With its “partial smoking ban” (implemented on May 1st, 2010), Switzerland splits the workforce into two categories: one is fully protected from passive exposure to tobacco smoke while the other is still forced to passively smoke at work. Fortunately the latter has b...