You Can’t Die Laughing Healing with humor by Michael Braunstein “Laugh, laugh I thought I’d die…” In 1964, Norman Cousins lie dying at UCLA Medical Center. Doctors told him his disease was terminal and there was nothing they could do. They were only half right: There […]
Punching the Clock by Michael Braunstein Like it or not, humans developed in tandem with a set of directives known collectively as Nature. Somehow, Western culture veered onto a path of distraction and cunning while seeking ways to break that bond. Instead of working in parallel with a […]
Silver Celebrations by Michael Braunstein It was around the time I took a seat at the Periodic Table. Honestly, I don’t know if they even use that chart as a teaching device in chemistry class anymore. But the chart recalls to me a time when I left behind […]
Training Wheels: The Chakras by Michael Braunstein This much I know and physics confirms: I am made of energy, pure and simple. You only have to know a tiny bit about science (and it seems “a tiny bit” is the full measure that people are learning these days), […]
Eye — Ear — Vay — Duh! (Ayurveda) by Michael Braunstein Would you ignore a healthcare system that has existed for thousands of years, has healed literally billions of people, is all-natural, is non-invasive and can keep you healthy as well as get you healthy? What […]
By Tunette Powell When I was three 3 years old, I was expelled from preschool because — as my mother remembers it — I was “acting too grown.” I was a preschool dropout. My elementary experience was similar. Whether it was me “acting too grown,” fighting over something silly […]
Rebirthing: Return to the Womb by Michael Braunstein “Once more into the breach, dear friends! Once more!” — William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1 Consider your birth. Imagine what it must have been like. You began as a zygote, a two-part […]
Stealing from Your Mother by Michael Braunstein Last spring, I watched a bluejay visit a robin’s nest and steal eggs. Like many other animals, bluejays are adept at larceny. And since animals apparently have no conscience, stealing comes naturally. Burglers and robbers exist in nature so why should […]
Omaha has a lot to offer, so every year The Reader asks locals to vote for their favorite businesses in The Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O! poll. It’s taken seriously, with an independent accounting firm tabulating ballots and IP blocking to insure each person votes only once. The Reader was the […]
Inflammation: Attack of the Sugar Zombies by Michael Braunstein 2019.01.22 Mom loved jellybeans. She kept a candy dish on the coffee table long before Ronald Reagan boosted Jelly Bellies™ to fame by serving them in the Oval Office. Those little morsels of sugar and […]
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