{"id":104822,"date":"2021-07-03T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104822"},"modified":"2021-07-03T14:54:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:54:34","slug":"doctor-curmudgeon-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104822","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Curmudgeon\u00ae The News&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104822\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104822\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-75425 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ubm-photo-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>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<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My memories of school mornings at home with my parents consisted of kind words, freshly squeezed orange juice and the news.<\/p>\n<p>And so, the day began with the news.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Good or bad\u2026 we listened and read the news.<\/p>\n<p>I now live in Miami, not too far from the horror of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I am devastated.<\/p>\n<p>I am without words to describe this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Although I was raised as a \u201cnews junkie,\u201d the past few years have become increasingly difficult for me to keep up with what is happening in this world.<\/p>\n<p>Dictators and tyrants who think nothing of mass murder, starvation, lack of health care.<\/p>\n<p>Supposed leaders who do everything to stifle journalists and the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition leaders, imprisoned, tortured and murdered.<\/p>\n<p>Human beings killed because the color of their skin is darker.<\/p>\n<p>Voter suppression.<\/p>\n<p>And though I long to ignore the news, I know that as a responsible adult, I must continue to be informed.<\/p>\n<p>I make sure that I vote in every election. I want my voice to be heard.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage others to vote.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Herald arrives and I am grateful for the newspaper and its superb investigative reporting.<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nStill, I do hunt for \u201cgood news.\u201d And it does exist.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>And I hope for good news.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Curmudgeon suggests &#8220;Bitter Medicine\u201d, Dr. Eugene Eisman&#8217;s story of his experiences&#8211;from the humorous to the intense&#8212;as a young army doctor serving in the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>Bitter Medicine by Eugene H. Eisman, M.D. &#8211;on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bitter-Medicine-Doctors-Year-Vietnam\/dp\/0615874347\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doctor Curmudgeon\u00ae is Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D., a physician-satirist. This column originally appeared on SERMO, the leading global social network for doctors.<\/p>\n<p>SERMO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sermo.com\">www.sermo.com<\/a> \u201ctalk real world medicine\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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