Joseph Cramer, M.D.
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Recent Articles by Joseph Cramer, M.D.
Published: Monday, May 21, 2012 11:52 am MDT
Sports are in our genes. Sadly, society will not halt deadly sports. There is too much vicarious thrill in watching the cage fighting, kickboxing, or some other combat to the death.
Published: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:43 pm MDT
Aging stimulates people to grow taller. That seems contrary to the physical reality of osteoporotic scoliosis or the stooping over that often befalls the skeletal integrity of age.However, there is a differen...
Published: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 12:00 am MDT
"If not now, when; if not us, who?" This simple couplet can exhort people to action.
Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 3:41 pm MDT
Whether time moves fast or slow is not determined by the tick of a clock, but according to our state of mind. Pain prolongs the seconds to punishing hours. Joy seduces the hours to fly-by. Stress stretches the ...
Published: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 1:44 pm MDT
Had today’s pseudo-food been in the Garden of Eden, Mom and Dad would have fallen further and faster by eating the Doritos, Coke or Snickers, and the fig leaves wouldn’t have fit.
Published: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:01 pm MDT
Grudges are pesky burdens. They are like the boulders of Sisyphus. The crime of this condemned King was of hubris. For his just punishment he had to repeatedly push giant boulders up a steep hill only to have t...
Published: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:12 pm MDT
Frequently the excuse for being upset is that it was “righteous anger”. That is great for someone who is perfect, but are we ever righteous enough to be angry ourselves? If we are impure we won̵...
Published: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 3:55 pm MDT
I love forsythia. The word flows. It sounds like the aroma of an exotic perfume. This ordinary, yellow, blooming shrub is a herald of spring. The daffodils erupt first, but the forsythia is bigger, bolder and b...
Published: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:11 pm MDT
Archimedes bragged that if he had a place to stand, he could move the earth. Of course he was boasting about the power of leverage. Using the physics of a fulcrum and a lever, a person can move enormous weights...
Published: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:07 pm MDT
The sad part is this stuff can morph into what we see as our self-worth. Trophies are like toys, he who dies with the most wins. But wins what?