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Religion and Politics

November 20, 2024

Religion and Politics

Religion, regardless of form or complexity, has been a constant in all human societies for as long as we can recall. Politics is likely just as ancient. I’ll define religion as the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods. The reader can extend the definition if so […]

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Lubbock – A Tale of Two Cities

May 7, 2024

Lubbock – A Tale of Two Cities

There’s an article in The American Mind a publication of the Claremont Institute that in its first half describes life in the city of Lubbock where I have lived for the last 40 years. It describes a series of municipal characteristics that have escaped my notice over those four decades. They include leaving personal items […]

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Science and Religion

March 5, 2023

Science and Religion

That there might be an inherent conflict between religion and science was not envisioned until the Renaissance when the two disciplines emerged as distinct entities. Until that time, man, the world, God or the gods, and natural phenomena were all part of natural philosophy. Aristotle could study just about anything from literature to the heavens […]

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The Making of a Doctor

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Medicine & Opera — Comments and Reviews of Opera, Music, and Medicine

Medicine & Opera is Neil Kurtzman’s blog: opera and concert reviews, singers and composers, and commentary on medicine and science, from a physician who has also lectured and written extensively on opera. More than 1700 articles since December 2007. Browse the full archive.

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Neil Kurtzman

Neil Kurtzman

Physician. Professor. Writer.

Neil A Kurtzman MD is the Grover E Murray Professor Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock. He has combined careers in clinical medicine, education, basic research, and administration for more than 40 years.

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Opera, music, and medicine.

Medicine & Opera is Neil Kurtzman’s comments and reviews of opera, music, and medicine — more than 1700 articles since December 2007.

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