Modern Medicine Discovers: Texting!
Having recently accompanied a loved one to a medical procedure I now have a new appreciation for texting.
Read MoreED-IQUETTE RETURNS! LET JOY REIGN IN THE STREETS (UNLESS WE CAN SOBER HER UP)
I can’t tell you how often readers ask, “When will your Ed-iquette series return to The Goldman State?”
Read More“Please Donate to My $1.17 Billion Nonprofit”
While I’m far from prudish, I firmly believe the parent organization of Sutter Medical Foundation should be indicted for sending obscene materials through the United States Postal Service.
Read MoreAn Epidemiologist Is On Track to Becoming Sacramento’s First Black Female Mayor
Dr. Flo Cofer really wants a ginger cookie to top off the overdue lunch she’s ordering at Tower Cafe, a stalwart bistro in Sacramento’s redevelopment-ready Broadway corridor.
Read MoreSurgeon Generals and Other Generals (Generally Speaking)
The surgeon general of the United States, who doesn’t have to be either a surgeon or a general (though the current one, Vivek Murthy, is an actual physician), has again weighed in with warning labels
Read MoreThe New Pickleball-Tennis-Squash-Paddleball?
A new Goldman State Podcast drops every Friday! Modern Medicine Discovers: Texting! Hailing from...
Read MoreThe Hottest Commodity in Grade School: Mini-Pencils
I recently read a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal about pencils suddenly being a hot commodity among young people—really young people. Elementary
Read MoreQuibbles & Bits: Tupperware’s Out; So’s Civil Discourse
WORKING ON A CONTAINER —When I heard that the Tupperware company had declared bankruptcy, I tried to react appropriately. I burped.
Read MoreA First-Time Book by a Writer You’ll Remember
“I wrote the book because I want someone to know I was here, that I existed.” The speaker is Swannie Hoehn.
Read MoreLost in Elevation: Ditched by the Office at an Off-Site
“Memos From Hell” is the first chapter of my first book, “How to Incorporate Your Dog (and Other Solid Business Tips).”
Read MoreStarbucks CEO Will Be a Fly-by-Night (and -Day) Leader
About a month ago, the new CEO of Starbucks, fresh from the same job at Chipotle, said he’d commute to work by private jet.
Read MoreGum Chewing: No Longer Trending (We’re Just Spitballing Here)
Is the bubble-gum bubble over? America’s love affair with chewing-gum, a pastime since it was invented in 1869, appears to be on the wane, according to suppressed-panic comments from some of the treat’s largest makers.
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