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- Jun 30, 2022
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...
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- Jul 16, 2021
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...
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- May 22, 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...
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- Mar 28, 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...
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- Dec 6, 2020
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...
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- Oct 18, 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...