An Effective Mirror
When in doubt, we can always count on good ol’ profit-driven capitalism to hold a mirror up to our foolishness. The
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Author: Pat Conrad MD
Pat Conrad is a full-time rural ER doc on the Florida Gulf Coast. After serving as a carrier naval flight officer, he graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine, and the Tallahassee Family Medicine residency program. His commentary has appeared in Medical Economics and at AuthenticMedicine.com . Conrad’s work stresses individual freedom and autonomy as the crucial foundation for medical excellence, is wary of all collective solutions, and recognizes that the vast majority of poisonous snakebites are concurrent with alcohol consumption.
No Special Reason
A brilliant nut, a really insightful eccentric, both, neither…? I’ve never heard of Rudolf Steiner before, but I thought his quote was
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Politics Killed Patients
For years I have banged away on this space often trying to convince readers that government is on balance, the
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Laissez les bon temps masque …
Mardi Gras is not too far off as the calendar flies, and I’m ready for some extra hot sauce and
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Exciting Days Ahead
ITEM: In the same nation that served as the setting for “1984” and “V for Vendetta,” the U.K. “will reportedly
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We’ll Tell You What’s Good For You
Before you get upset and splash your chianti all over the couch, let’s not act like this hasn’t happened before.
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Dirty Laundry for the California Medical Association
Who is Dustin Corcoran? Why, he is the CEO of the California Medical Association, “listed annually on Capitol Weekly’s top 100
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My Letter to Governor DeSantis
As mentioned in previous pieces, I am keeping my powder dry on the imminent COVID-19 vaccine, neither advocating nor discouraging
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Censorship and Transgender Identification
Recently a large store chain banned a book by author/journalist Abigail Shrier dealing with the sudden spike in anorexia, particularly
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Sooooo Stressful: Election Stress Disorder
Back in the summer, I read the latest book by Adam Corolla, “I’m Your Emotional Support Animal” in about a
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