I’m back from the sick list, mostly, and my great thanks to all who left their best wishes. It was no fun. There was a dispute as to whether I had pneumonia or “only” bronchitis with complications, including an infection, possibly viral.

The above is of course a reminder that medicine is an art, and not a science. Doctors like to consider themselves scientists and they speak authoritatively at those times, impressing us with their measurements and readings and testing. Medicine seems to become an art when the doctors make mistakes, at which point their lawyers (known in medicine as the good lawyers,) urgently rush forward to remind us all that medicine is really an art, reliant upon the practitioner’s ability to apply his years of study and knowledge in an effort to ease what ails us,and they will make mistakes because art is inexact, and often gains its appeal from non-measurable standards.

An interesting presentation, and it reaffirms my opinion that lawyering is a synonym for weaseling.

My thanks again to all my loyal readers, including the folks at centcom, army, and pentagon.mil who continue to visit on a daily basis. I know you’ve all been missing my attempts to point out your mistakes. Don’t worry, I will continue with that series shortly. If you can get some good lawyers maybe you’ll be ale to move the goal posts and cadets at Army Vo-Tech can start studying the new discipline of Military Art.