In November 2014 I was invited to speak at the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s conference in Florida. I had not seen David for a few years, and he walked a bit gingerly with a cane. David’s latest book, the bittersweet and unusually titled:  “You’re Going to be Dead One Day: A Love Story” provides plenty of detail on the very trying year that both David and his wife April had gone through prior to the conference.  Midway through his 8th decade, after a period of more than a dozen years dealing with various maladies including cancer, David had been the victim of surgical malpractice while having what he expected to be routine hip replacement surgery. The botched procedure had left him in severe pain, with a paralyzed left foot, and unable to walk.  Reading about David’s medical history reminded me of my recent visit to a physician, where I noticed on the summary sheet for my visit, that the  codes associated with all of my own...(Read Full Article)