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I’m a Gen X doctor who writes about the US, sometimes seriously and sometimes not at all.

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When I freed myself from the confines of being a doctor and started writing, this is what happened.

It’s quirky and creative. Or maybe just weird. In other words, it’s American.

Smaller cities—shall we say they’re my destiny? My life resume, after all, includes Milwaukee, New Haven, St. Louis, Hartford, and

The Big Dance, as you know, isn’t really a dance. In 1977, when Al McGuire—the coach of Marquette—said he would

Every March, Rochester breaks my heart. Yes, I’m talking about the one in New York, and, no, I’m not talking

Smaller cities—shall we say they’re my destiny? My life resume, after all, includes Milwaukee, New Haven, St. Louis, Hartford, and

The Big Dance, as you know, isn’t really a dance. In 1977, when Al McGuire—the coach of Marquette—said he would

Every March, Rochester breaks my heart. Yes, I’m talking about the one in New York, and, no, I’m not talking