

BLOG #11: Becoming a 'Visiting Scholar' -- 'Futile and Stupid Gestures' Revisited
My favorite quotations from movies generally have to do with persistence in a noble but potentially ill-advised enterprise: From Animal...
Jun 30, 2022


No. 10 A Second Open Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rt Hon Rishi Sunak Chancellor of the Exchequer 11 Downing Street Dear Rishi, As this is my second missive to you, I’m assuming we can now...
Jul 16, 2021


No. 9 How Playing Irish 'Trad' Made Me a Better Doctor
Let me begin by bringing you two vignettes from another galaxy, far, far away…that is, from my psychiatric training following my...
May 22, 2021


No. 8 Stuff I Learned in Ireland: Seisiúns and Survival
Bruce, Marla and friends at Newry's Railway Bar at the 2019 Iúr Cinn Fleadh (Photo: Columba O'Hare) Journey to Ireland, and you’re quite...
Mar 28, 2021


No. 7 To Ireland, Courtesy of the Mythic Figure Travel Agency
The very lovely Kilbroney Park veritably trumpets that kind of magical feeling to be found in Ireland. And, of course, the presence of...
Dec 6, 2020


No. 6 An Open Letter To UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak
The Rt Honorable Rishi Sunak Chancellor of the Exchequer 11 Downing Street London Dear Chancellor: I am a concerned physician and...
Oct 18, 2020