Thomas E. Kurtz and “A Few Good Men”

Mike Magee This has been a challenging week for me, but not for the reasons you might think. Compartmentalization skills have allowed me to push the 2024 Presidential election into the back reaches of my mind as I worked to complete teaching a course on “AI and Medicine” at the Presidents College at the University […]

A Post-Election Resource

Access Online Hard Copy We are in the grip of change and our American Democracy is at risk. Change is one of the few human experiences that supports two dramatically opposed human emotions. On the one hand, change is fear, and on the other, change is exploration. And while you can support both emotions simultaneously, […]

Will Trump (with RFK as Intern) Play Doctor Again?

Mike Magee It has been a collision of past, present and future this week in the wake of Trump’s victory on November 5, 2024. The country, both for and against, has been unusually quiet. It is unclear whether this is in recognition of political exhaustion, or the desire of victors to be “good winners” and […]

Last day to register: AI and Medicine Course begins tomorrow.

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Penn State College of Medicine’s Oath: A Vote For Democracy.

Mike Magee Two years ago, prior to the 2022 election, mental health experts alerted the medical world to their version of an assessment scale for yet another new condition – “doomscrolling.” As defined in the article, “Constant exposure to negative news on social media and news feeds could take the form of ‘doomscrolling’ which is commonly […]

Our 60’s Hippie Casts Her Vote.

Pat Magee Jaksha Mike Magee This is my sister, Pat, #3 (I was #4) of 12 children born to Grace and Bill Magee. She was born on Elvis Presley’s birthday – 1 year and 12 days before I was born. That was 14 months after our father had returned from Europe at the close of […]

“Our Fathers, Who Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Names.”

Mike Magee My father and Arnold Palmer had a great deal in common – and none of it involved golf. They were both men of faith and lived into their 80’s. My father was Catholic, and Arnold Palmer was Presbyterian. But on the day that Palmer died (September 25, 2016), Benedictine Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki […]

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