Doctor Curmudgeon® The News…

By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP Doctor Eisman, is in Family Practice in Aventura, Florida with her partner, Dr. Eugene Eisman, an internist/cardiologist

My memories of school mornings at home with my parents consisted of kind words, freshly squeezed orange juice and the news.

And so, the day began with the news.

On coming home from school, I found that all the Chicago papers had appeared. It did not matter if they had the same viewpoints as my family. The Chicago Tribune, The Sun-Times, The Daily news. They were all welcome at our house.

Good or bad… we listened and read the news.

I now live in Miami, not too far from the horror of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida.

I am devastated.

I am without words to describe this tragedy.

Although I was raised as a “news junkie,” the past few years have become increasingly difficult for me to keep up with what is happening in this world.

Dictators and tyrants who think nothing of mass murder, starvation, lack of health care.

Supposed leaders who do everything to stifle journalists and the truth.

Opposition leaders, imprisoned, tortured and murdered.

Human beings killed because the color of their skin is darker.

Voter suppression.

And though I long to ignore the news, I know that as a responsible adult, I must continue to be informed.

I make sure that I vote in every election. I want my voice to be heard.

I encourage others to vote.

The Miami Herald arrives and I am grateful for the newspaper and its superb investigative reporting.

Real news channels continue to fill the air in our home and honest journalists such as Fareed Zakaria, Don Lemon and Rachel Maddow are recorded to be viewed in the evening.
Still, I do hunt for “good news.” And it does exist.

There is the bravery of rescue crews working in the rubble of this condominium collapse in Surfside, courageous fire fighters who are keeping a fire under control as heroic men and woman work to find survivors.

And I hope for good news.

Dr. Curmudgeon suggests “Bitter Medicine”, Dr. Eugene Eisman’s story of his experiences–from the humorous to the intense—as a young army doctor serving in the Vietnam War.

Bitter Medicine by Eugene H. Eisman, M.D. –on Amazon

Doctor Curmudgeon® is Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D., a physician-satirist. This column originally appeared on SERMO, the leading global social network for doctors.

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