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The Last Sanctuary
During my first year in medical practice, some of the older doctors criticized me for not wearing a tie to the hospital. โWhatโs the point?โ I shot back. โI...
Happiness Requires Resistance
There are two types of patients: those who want to run the show, and those who want to be told what to do. As an anesthesiologist, I deal with...
The Politics of Unhappiness
Aย traffic jam, a shoe that ยญpinches: It takes very little to ยญruin a nice day. Nothing can please you then, and your judgment is affected. At first glance,...
Belief Limbo
In September 2017, the Public Religion Research Institute published a study of religion in America that showed a tripling of the religiously unaffiliated since 1990, from 8 percent to...