What If We Don't Fix Our Climate?
The Chinese translation of my award winning sci-fi novel, "Thirsty Planet," is progressing. Very slowly, I think, but it is progressing....
What's the Relationship Between Alzheimer's and Other Dementias?
In 1906, Dr. Alois Alzheimer presented a key paper to the meeting of the South West German Society of Alienists. In it he described the...
Does Earth Really Need Human Beings?
THE INDIFFERENT EARTH Guess what! Earth doesn't really care about our heated controversies. Global warming? Ho hum! Nuclear holocaust?...
What's the Future of Nursing in an Aging America?*
(*Originally published in July 2015 in Robert Tell's other blog: "The Caregiver Chronicles.") The changing demgraphics of America's...
How Do I Get Ideas For My Novels?
All authors are asked this question. Here's my answer. I look for interesting real events in history, the news, or current issues. For...
Detroit Riot, 1967--The View from Sinai Hospital
It's hard to believe but it will soon be the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit Riot. I was the hospital administrator on duty at Sinai...