Biography – Brooklyn Transplant

Are We a Fearful People?

To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful. … Continue Reading →

I first visited Chicago in the late 1980s to attend a meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The AASLD was founded in Chicago in 1950 by Hans Popper—my teacher, then colleague and friend, who… Continue Reading →

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On Listening to Mahler’s 2nd Symphony for the First Time, Again

Classical music first became important to me when I was a student at Brooklyn College in the late 1950s, although I heard music, especially opera, which my grandfather loved, from childhood. My piano lessons, of course, included compositions by Bach… Continue Reading →

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Wanderer

It has been a few years since the idea of writing an essay about Sterling Hayden first came to my mind and I began collecting articles about him. I am not sure why I felt the need to… Continue Reading →

June 6, 2024 3

Musing of a Contemporary Pathologist

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Are We a Fearful People?

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