Transcending divisions (my column in today’s Greenville News)

This is my column in today’s Greenville News.  Acts of Altruism and Goodness Transcend our Divisions.  http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130505/OPINION/305050013/Ed-Leap-Acts-altruism-goodness-transcend-our-divisions?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|s   We all love a good story because its lessons endure; it penetrates into our hearts and minds.  For example, you can sit … Continue reading

Sending a son out into the world…

This is my column in today’s Greenville News.  Merry Christmas! http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20121223/OPINION/312230016/Ed-Leap-Sending-son-into-world-can-painful?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|p Today is the 18th birthday of our my first-born son, Samuel.  It’s a shocking thing, to see the transformation.  18 years ago he was new to the world, tiny, … Continue reading

The Nativity in the Emergency Department; my December EM News column

Merry Christmas!  This is my December column in EM News.  The Nativity in the Emergency Department. http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2012/12000/Second_Opinion__The_Nativity_in_the_Emergency.9.aspx I once wrote a story for Christmas in which the nativity happened in an old, beat-up hunting trailer behind a man’s store, somewhere … Continue reading

Faith and science often seen working together

This is my column in today’s Greenville News. I hope you enjoy it. Edwin   http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20120812/OPINION/308120004/Faith-science-often-seen-working-together?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|p This has been a terrible summer in many ways.  A time of loss from fires in Colorado.  Continued sporadic deaths of US combat troops … Continue reading

Tell me why (My January column in EM News)

Here’s my column in this month’s Emergency Medicine News. Tell me why! http://journals.lww.com/em-news/blog/BreakingNews/pages/post.aspx?PostID=36 I went to the ACEP Scientific Assembly in San Francisco this year. Although I was only there for two days, I learned a great deal. Our specialty … Continue reading