Shawn K.

As a pediatrician, I couldn’t agree more.

Revisado: 09-12-20

As a pediatrician and a parent of two teenagers, I found this book to be so very helpful. Parents are way too stressed, including myself, parenting. This book gives insight to how to lessen the stress and practical ways to approach many of these universal situations. I’ve already applied 4 strategies this weekend with my 13 year old and feel like a winner! I never thought I would be so happy about his baseball pants not fitting him which we found out right before the game. We had asked him twice to try them on about a week before and he said he’d do it later! So now...it’s on him and I just smiled as he squeezed into his pants and smirked at me that thankfully they were stretchy! He got the lesson and there was no nagging. I plan on reading it again and buying copies for some of my struggling patient’s parents.

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Just the book I wanted on John Paul Jones

Revisado: 10-17-19

Bravo to Evan Thomas! This was exactly the book I wanted! He gives a history of John Paul Jones’s early life but focuses primarily on his years during the American revolution including his raids on Great Britain. He went into just enough detail for the non seaman to visualize the battles and ship life but not too much. I never got bored of the details! I particularly liked his insight into Jones’s personality. He gave a very transparent view of this complex but brilliant man. Thomas also did a great job showing how Jones’s life intersected with other revolutionary heroes. After reading this book, I love John Paul Jones warts and all. I highly recommend this book!!!
Also, I listened to the book and it was greatly enriched by Dan Cashman’s reading!!! He brought Jones, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Lafayette’s voice to life!! Bravo!!

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Overall all very good

Revisado: 01-17-19

I really enjoyed Dr. Offit’s book and insight to how bad things can happen when ideas trump evidence (medical dogma plus political correctness) or in a vacuum of treatment options. As a physician, I have walked through many of the scenarios described in the book. I remember in medical school being taught the 5th vital sign of pain and how to address it adequately. We were told if they truly had pain they wouldn’t get addicted. Also, I remember being taught about mega dosing of vitamins by Linus Pauling and would take vitamin c 1,000 mg every hour until I got the “trots” as per Pauling’s instructions for cold prevention. It is fascinating to see how little evidence was at the root of both recommendations that I learned.

My only “beef” with the book was the comparison of Trump’s illegal immigration policies as an example of eugenics. Really? Offit chose illegal immigration? Especially when you have something like planned parenthood as such a blatant example. It was created for that reason - to get rid of the poor and minorities. It really colored my whole view of the book which I loved except for that part. Planned Parenthood, the largest single provider of abortions in the U.S., performs more than 300,000 terminations each year. Planned Parenthood operates the nation's largest chain of abortion facilities, and almost 80 percent of its facilities are located in minority neighborhoods. About 13 percent of American women are black, but they have more than 35 percent of the abortions. 247 black babies are killed everyday. In some areas of the country more black babies are killed by abortion than are born alive.

Planned Parenthood founder and eugenics advocate Margaret Sanger started “The Negro Project” in 1939 to thwart the population growth of the poor and minorities, or, as Sanger put it, to discourage “the defective and diseased elements of humanity” from their “reckless and irresponsible swarming and spawning.”

A much better example. Try it next time, Dr. Offit, rather than being politically correct. And the left misses the whole point about why illegal immigration is not favored. It’s not being prejudice as Dr. Offit so short sightedly says. It’s an economic issue. We have persons that are here illegally getting free health care, housing etc and my taxes pay for it. Not to mention the safety issues with terrorism.

Overall, a great read. I recommend it for anyone going into a scientific curriculum, especially medicine. Science gets a free pass and is accepted as fact. As pointed out in this book, we must always be vigilant and careful especially when things seem too good to be true. I really do appreciate Dr. Offit’s investigations into all of the issues and exposing them.

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Overwhelmed by their bravery and humility

Revisado: 11-30-17

Another excellent book by Thomas Doyle. Each person’s story is inspiring. The book reads like a suspense novel. I had to keep going until I finished a chapter in its entirety before stopping! I am so humbled at the bravery of my fellow Christians in the Middle East. I am commiting to praying for them daily.

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