The Danger of Scientific Consensus
Karl Popper, one of the 20th century’s most influential philosophers of science, wrote that “the growth of knowledge depends entirely on...
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How Philosophy Drives Medical Ethics Part 3
When the foundations are being destroyed What can the righteous do? (Psalm 11:3) It’s called the Wexner Center for the Arts. This...
How Philosophy Drives Medical Ethics Part 2
Dissolution of truth is like the melting of snow on a cold winter day. It evaporates a little at a time, scarcely perceptible and...
How Philosophy Drives Medical Ethics Part 1
Recently, I composed a series of blogs illustrating ethical quandaries in medicine. In those writings, I examined four ethical...
A Season of Change
“The Times They are a-Changing” Bob Dylan 1963 This document is more important to me than it is to you. I get that. I set these goals...
Do You Believe in Magic?
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called “The Pledge”. The magician shows you something...
The Talk
You see it coming. But then you’ve seen it before. The patient is living it. Looking from the inside out. First time walking this path....
Mental Illness in Children
Mental illness in children is different. The worst mistake is to assume these young humans are little adults. They’re not. There are so...
Mental Illness in the Adult
I separate my observations about mental health in adults versus children. The causes, expressions, volatility, and prognosis separate...
The Art of Digging
Is it a difficult diagnosis or a difficult patient? We learn to walk past the expression to find where the pain lives. We need to know...
This Life We’ve Chosen
When done well, primary care is hard work. Family Physicians, Internist, Pediatricians, PA’s, NP’s, PMHNP, OB/GYN, Midwives – we’re all...
Who Cares if Christ is Risen
Who cares if Christ is risen? This bold headline graced the front page of the London Telegraph on Easter Sunday about 25 years ago. The...
Medical Ethics
Psaki Says Sex Reassignment Surgery, Puberty Blockers for Kids Is ‘Best Practice,’ States Preventing It Will Be Held Accountable April...
An Important Distinction
Aspiring Supreme Court Justice Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson attracted much attention during her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with...
Douglas County Communities’ Network of Care
It’s a website. But describing Douglas County Communities’ Network of Care (NOC) as just a website is like calling a Lamborghini just a...
Finding Order Amid Chaos
We are living in strange times. I can say it’s crazy out there. I may say I’ve never seen this before. What I cannot say is what we are...
A Covid Book Report
Alex Berenson, a graduate of Yale University was an investigative reporter for the New York times for about 10 years. He covered the drug...
Parables, Christmas, and US
An old parable written by an unknown Jewish writer: One of the just men came to Sodom, determined to save its inhabitants from sin and...
Two Paths to One Destination
There were two influential prophetic books of the 20th century. In some ways these books are opposite in their ideas. In others, they are...
Taking Care of Business Oct 2021
I never intended to be CEO. I fell into that role by necessity. I understood the business of medicine on a small scale. Directing a...
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