Archived articles by Dr Ruhs 

It's not the economy stupid, it's the system.
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Our political theater of the absurd
by Herb Ruhs, MD

A gigantic protection racket
by Herb Ruhs, MD

McCain's bigamy, and answering a rhetorical question
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Torture for torture's sake
by Herb Ruhs, MD

A rough millennium for the mentally lazy
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The relevant struggle
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Truth is a target meant for extermination
by Herb Ruhs

USA, RIP
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Why Cipro, when that's not the recommended antibiotic?
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The whining of winners
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Appealing to our worse selves
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Canada's military is in Iraq
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Infusion of blood substitute won't save the US economy
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The stealth invasion of Canada
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The storm of pent-up anger
by Herb Ruhs, MD

We tell ourselves it didn't happen
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The insanity of paying attention to the election
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Nothing new under the sun
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Coincidence or bribery?
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Ideology is a poison
regardless of the flavor

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Smaller and more local is always
better than bigger and more universal

by Herb Ruhs, MD

The only plausible solution
by Herb Ruhs, MD

When all writing is for children
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Visualize high-altitude nuclear explosions
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The bleaker things seem,
the closer to liberation we come

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Manufacturing scarcity and famine
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Who is the master?
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Predatory capitalism eats medicine alive
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Hospitals' criminal conduct
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The greatest screwjob ever
by Herb Ruhs

Not more and better, rather less and sufficient
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Media's coverage of "dry drowning" death was irresponsible
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The big picture
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The obvious answer
by Herb Ruhs, MD

As soon as you are ready, stop obsessing about politics and all the rest of the hoopla
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Chicken Little saves the world from the Dogs of War
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Why democracy does not matter right now
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Endless war for endless profit
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Which numbers deserve our attention?
by Herb Ruhs, MD

A society that erects pedestals, and digs dungeons
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The destructive power of greed
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Less is more, and tarnished is better
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The new war of independence
by Herb Ruhs, MD

America has been completely punked
by Herb Ruhs, MD

We are all insurgents at heart
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Rockefellers and Bushes, Nixons and Kissingers
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Grass roots censorship
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The "news" is not news at all
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Warnings from an ancient past
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Our main enemy is our willingness to pursue fantasies
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The solution is in the people's hands
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Come the revolution
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The color of global oppression is in shades of white
by Herb Ruhs, MD

A modest proposal for the immodest
problem of a failing health care system

by Herb Ruhs, MD

America's just desserts
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Dragon-free and peaceful
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Conspiracies, secrecy, and radical honesty
by Herb Ruhs, MD

It all makes sense if you think like a sociopath
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The blessings of diversity in the pursuit of liberty and survival
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Greed is the problem with US medical care
by Herb Ruhs, MD

What exactly is 'power to the people'?
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Criminal conduct, plain and simple
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Teetering on collapse
by Herb Ruhs, MD

As the Empire folds in on itself
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Why the current election "fever" is so disgusting
by Herb Ruhs, MD

12 steps to liberation
by Herb Ruhs, MD

State of the Union vs. Sermon on the Mount
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The dreams of the oppressed
by Herb Ruhs, MD

To obey, or not to obey
by Herb Ruhs, MD

On the dominance of the clever
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The US is being scuttled
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The end of a nightmare of delusion
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Contemplating a catastrophic future with
a sense of confidence rather than despair

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Your government is killing you and your loved ones
by Herb Ruhs, MD

History of lies and lies of history imperil America's mental health
by Herb Ruhs, MD

News as a carefully designed feed-lot experience
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Gangsters in politicians' clothing
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Burning salt water
by Herb Ruhs, MD

At the root of the problem
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Rape, on a societal level
by Herb Ruhs

Give the gift economy a chance
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Pat Tillman's murder:
The terror war in a nutshell

by Herb Ruhs, MD

An open-book test on demagoguery
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Did lead ruin your child?
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Worldwide economic
collapse is no accident

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Is it insane to notice
that virtually our entire
leadership is insane?

by Herb Ruhs, MD

The deeper truth
about impeachment

by Herb Ruhs, MD

A most effective bullsh*t filter
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Whenever any form of government
becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the right of the people
to alter or to abolish it

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Throw the bums out
by Herb Ruhs, MD

On winning through losing
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The anger over breast-
and bottle-feeding

by Herb Ruhs, MD

When will American soldiers refuse to take illegal, immoral orders?
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Confront your local oppressors
by Herb Ruhs, MD

It's put up or shut up time, for Homo sapiens
by Herb Ruhs, MD

In opposition to Tyranny,
they who survive win

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Worries not usually spoken aloud
by Herb Ruhs, MD

I hate to say Bush is
right about anything, but ...

by Herb Ruhs, MD

How could this be happening?
by Herb Ruhs, MD

To my fellow ethnic Northern Europeans
by Herb Ruhs, MD

In Iraq, as in Vietnam, war's
exit strategy begins at home

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Humanity needs an intervention
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Fight for the rudder
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Newspaper lies on page one.
I know. I was there.

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Meditations on the coming collapse
by Herb Ruhs, MD

This is how civil wars begin
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The Secret Police may be
watching you so don't think, act
or believe like a free person

by Herb Ruhs, MD

The end is at hand
by Herb Ruhs, MD

When spinach becomes a
matter of life and death

by Herb Ruhs, MD

And now for something completely different
by Herb Ruhs, MD

We are all prisoners on home supervision
by Herb Ruhs, MD

There is no war but class war
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Meanwhile, back on Lifeboat Earth
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Is anyone willing to think about
America’s dismal health statistics?

by Herb Ruhs, MD

A plague of criminals
by Herb Ruhs, MD

On facing adversity with courage and good humor
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Bush's death toll will
vastly exceed Hitler's

by Herb Ruhs, MD

An unemployed physician
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Truth and Reconciliation Commission
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Who "Them" are: You can't tell
the players without a scorecard

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Global warming passes
the point of no return

by Herb Ruhs, MD

In case you wondered why your doctor would sell you down the river
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Time to pull the rip cord
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Can the President legally
crush a child's testicles?
His lawyer says, "It depends..."

by Herb Ruhs, MD

The great American misunderstanding
by Herb Ruhs, MD

When death is the proper penalty
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The revolution this time
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The good tidings and the bad
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Health care in America:
An ongoing, massive con game

by Paul Krugman,
The New York Times
with comments by Herb Ruhs, MD

Competition: Destroyer of character
by Herb Ruhs, MD

America without the myths
by Herb Ruhs, MD,

To dream the impossible dream
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Refusing to see the obvious
by Maureen Dowd,
The New York Times
with comments by Herb Ruhs, MD

What can we do?
Rhetorically speaking, that is.

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Banned in Cloverdale, by Herb Ruhs, MD

All of us are being fatally poisoned
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Daubert  is the most influential
Supreme Court ruling
you've never heard of

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Enough already
by Herb Ruhs, MD

War is sometimes justified,
often not, but always insane

by Herb Ruhs, MD

The bad news is the
same as the good news

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Trying to control your emotions
"can make you pretty stupid"

by Herb Ruhs, MD

The gangsters' mentality
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Nietzsche, New Orleans, and 'Nam
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Four decades in five minutes
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The masquerade of "civilization"
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Habits of successful modern cannibals
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Face these horrors with
acceptance, equanimity, humor

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Yet another, higher dose of pain
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The war of one against all:
The roots of our enslavement

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Doctors, medicine, hospitals,
and the rest of the story

by Herb Ruhs, MD

System of privilege expands
in scope and overall power

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Highway robbery turns out
to be legal after all

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Class warfare, anyone?
Why class war is not a fiction but a fixture of our lives

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Why the little-known news
is the most important

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Why "Free Speech" does not matter
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Big pharma
by Herb Ruhs, MD

The genius fish and other comments
by Herb Ruhs, MD

When all else fails, try the truth
by Herb Ruhs, MD

Childhood abuse and the role it
plays in maintaining coercive power

by Herb Ruhs, MD

Murder by medical device
by Herb Ruhs, MD