Musing of a Contemporary Pathologist

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Renee Good

Less than two weeks ago I posted a comment on this blog page after what seemed the lowest imaginable activities promulgated by the current occupant of the oval office: unspeakably cruel comments after the death of Rob Reiner and the… Continue Reading →

“Not guilty by reason of insanity”

January 4, 2026 By now, we should be accustomed to 2025 being made up of mostly terrible weeks. The last three weeks unfortunately, may qualify as the most terrible of all. The tragedy that is the awful story of the… Continue Reading →

Before we start glowing in the dark …

We lived in Beaufort (pronounced locally as “bu-fert”), South Carolina from July 1969 to June 1971. I was in the U.S. Navy Reserve and serving two years at the Naval Hospital, Beaufort. Periodically, we would drive to Savannah, Georgia, almost… Continue Reading →

I dreamt about Ingrid Bergman

What are dreams? Many people would answer by saying “Dreams” is a beautiful song by the British American rock ‘n roll group Fleetwood Mac. Others would recall that Rebecca du Maurier begins her wonderful novel, “Rebecca,” with “Last Night I… Continue Reading →

The Troubled Air

I was in college, in the late 1950s, when I first read The Troubled Air, the book Irwin Shaw wrote in 1951 after the great success of his outstanding World War II novel, The Young Lions. The Troubled Air was… Continue Reading →

Shane! Come back – OR – Who will come over the hill and save us in 2028?

  Shane, a 1953 movie directed and produced by the great George Stevens, is a film about courage and honor and honesty. About the search of a heroic man for his identity. About integrity About community. And about love. Shane… Continue Reading →

Tchaikovsky’s Piano – a short story

My recently published short story from The MacGuffin Literary Magazine – volume 40, number 1, November 2024:     Maggie Whiteman rarely felt anxious before a concert. Now there was a definite sense of foreboding when the driver, picking her… Continue Reading →

Medicine in Literature

  The first known physician was the Egyptian Imhotep, who is thought to have been active in the years close to 2625 BCE. He was the chancellor to King Djoser, high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis and… Continue Reading →

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 →

Heartless hospitals – part 2 (or multiple tirades prompted by a recent David Brooks column)

I have long been a fan of David Brooks, both in the pages of The New York Times and on his weekly PBS’ News Hour commentary every Friday. He is thoughtful and tries to consider alternative viewpoints. For almost 20… Continue Reading →

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