This is a column of mine, published at Girls Just Wanna Have Guns. Here’s the link: http://girlsjustwannahaveguns.com/2013/04/heart-of-a-lion/ I was getting ready for work one morning, around 6 am, when I heard soft footsteps on the stairs. My youngest … Continue reading
I just finished reading Neil Gaiman’s fascinating novel, Gods of America. Here’s a link to it on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/American-Gods-Authors-Preferred-Text/dp/0062080237/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362266866&sr=8-1&keywords=American+Gods I first learned about his work by watching the movie Stardust, then reading the novel. One of the themes of Gods of America is … Continue reading
Yes I do need a hight capacity magzine! Here’s why… Who needs a high capacity magazine? Who needs a weapon capable of firing more than ten rounds? These questions echo across the airwaves and in the pages of magazines, … Continue reading
Here is my latest column in Emergency Medicine News. I hope you enjoy it! http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2013/02000/Second_Opinion__When_Leading_is_Following.8.aspx My wife just built a pergola in our yard. Mind you, a pergola is a thing I never knew existed until it was pointed out … Continue reading
This is my column in today’s Greenville news, on the topic of time wasted and time well used. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20121118/OPINION/311180007/Get-rid-useless-stuff-Thanksgiving?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|p I sometimes sit and think about the things that have wasted my time. It’s a long list, and probably would exceed … Continue reading
So, here’s my column in today’s Greenville News. It’s titled ‘Press on even when life brings pain and failure.’ That’s sort of the point, but more to the point, it’s about how there’s joy in risk, and a nation of … Continue reading
This is my column in the October edition of Emergency Medicine News When I was a resident physician, I had the coolest classmates ever. We worked together, laughed together, learned together and many of us stay in touch to … Continue reading
I remember the way 9-11 petrified my family. The way my heart sank and my mind reeled. The way my children, accustomed to unshaken parents, saw the fear in our eyes as the news feed rolled on. I remember wondering … Continue reading
Here is my EM News Second Opinion column for June: ‘Lost Proverbs of the ED.’ Here’s the direct link to EMN. The text is below. http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2012/06000/Second_Opinion__Lost_Proverbs_of_the_ED.11.aspx Lost proverbs of the ED: found in an old liquor bottle outside an urban … Continue reading
Some things in medicine are obvious. Despite the endless worship of ‘evidence-based’ medicine, and the constant barrage of studies on every conceivable topic, we do certain things because we know they just seem right. I take as evidence the fact … Continue reading