DR. CUMMINGS: Can you believe it?  December 28, 2013   What do
you believe? Do you have a set of religious, political and
behavioral beliefs that you use as the basis for most of your
actions? Beliefs can be as simple as Santa Claus and as complex
as the Big Bang theory. Beliefs can be helpful or hurtful. It
helps to believe in an afterlife when you’re dying, but it hurts
to see a child wake up on Christmas morning and not see any
presents under the tree.  I try hard to believe in our federal
government. I really do. I’ve lived in Italy and Spain, and I’ve
traveled around England and Ireland and parts of Saudi Arabia
and Norway, and I know our system of government is the best. I
wouldn’t trade it for communism or socialism or a monarchy. I
love going to Canada and Mexico, but I’m always glad when I get
home. Our founding fathers hit on something grand when they
established our three branches of government; every country
needs this kind of check and balance. It’s a cool system, but
most of the other countries