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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The Dying of General Surgery

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Chief surgical resident Aaron Kendrick, who wanted to be a surgeon since middle school, has spent almost six years in a grueling general sur...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Little Details

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Right in the third sentence of his inaugural address Pres. Obama says: "Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath....
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Monday, January 19, 2009

How I'm feelin'...

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Greatly Relieved - that a cease fire has finally been established in Gaza. Though... Endlessly Frustrated - that a true peace seems furthe...
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Thursday, January 01, 2009

Conubium aka Kiddushin

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"According to [early] Roman law, a child is the legal heir of his father and is in his father's custody (potestas) only if his fath...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

A Story From Work

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I met a girl today. She's about three weeks old now, weighs about two pounds and has been in the NICU [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit] sin...
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Monday, December 15, 2008

Connections

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LNM writes : "I think a big part of this was that philosophically I had tied "doing mitzvos" directly to "serving god...
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Sunday, October 05, 2008

Yom HaDin

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If there's one thing that troubles me about basic monotheistic theology is the idea of divine justice. Not that the idea is a bad one pe...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Kannoim Strong-arm Twerski Off Molestation Panel

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Top Doc Scared Off Panel On Rabbinic Sex Molesters by Hella Winston A prominent Orthodox rabbi and psychologist has been intimidated into q...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד-מְאֹד

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As I often do following the night's reading of Eicha, since my shul only has these ancient kinot booklets instead of real books, I looke...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Informed Consent for HIV Testing

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This is a topic that's bothered me for some time. In most US states it is state law that HIV testing first requires the patient's (o...
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