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The NY Times is Still the Best

June 30, 2020

For those of you who are new to this site or just visit sporadically, we have a parrot, Groucho, who has been with us for 39 years. Several moons ago we got him a much larger cage. It’s so large, that in human terms it would be a three bedroom apartment. The cage resembles that […]

The NY Times is Still the Best
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Joseph Epstein Cancels His Subscription to the NY Times

September 5, 2010

The writer Joseph Epstein has written a short essay on why he has canceled his subscription to The New York Times. I’m surprised it took him this long. Maybe it’s because he’s from Chicago and didn’t grow up reading the paper. I’m from Brooklyn and can remember when the paper was at the acme of […]

Joseph Epstein Cancels His Subscription to the NY Times
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Doing Nothing

The Making of a Doctor

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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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