Posts by Calvert F Cazier, PhD, MPH

I remember it well. It was April 16, 2022, when my wife and I had an unexpected visit from a bat. It was about 10:00 pm and we were just getting into bed when Anne yelled, “Calvert there’s a bat in our room. Duck under the covers!” I looked up and thought I saw that…

Several years ago, I was invited to speak at a conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and I took Peter, my five-year-old son, with me to have some father/son bonding time. I was paid to deliver two talks and after that I was on my own with Peter. I was looking forward to spending three or…

Several years ago, I was staying at a hotel near the National Airport while I was in Washington, DC on a business trip. At the time, I was an avid jogger and on the first morning of the trip I decided to go for a 5-mile run. I set my alarm to wake up early…

Monopoly is one of those games that has probably been around since man first learned how to barter for bread, butter, and meat. I would not be surprised if someday the rules for this game are found in the non-translated manuscript of the Dead Sea Scrolls. I am certain that ancient merchants used it to…

This story happened on July 24, 1985. This day is a state holiday celebrating the day the Mormon pioneers arrived in Salt Lake City in 1847. Our family had a tradition of attending the annual parade along with thousands of people who line the streets in Salt Lake. ​My parents lived a couple of miles away…

When our oldest son, Paul, was in the fifth grade, his teacher gave the class an unthinkable assignment. He told the students to look around the classroom and identify the person whom they least liked. After they had identified the student, he had them approach that student and tell them that they didn’t like him…

In March 1994, I was invited to speak at a conference in Michigan and ended up staying over the weekend. I remember lying on my bed Saturday afternoon reading a newspaper article about John Kruk, the first basemen for the Philadelphia Phillies. This article mentioned that during Spring training he had been hit hard enough…