Uncategorized Archives - Harvey Mudd An American Author & Artist Living in France Fri, 21 Feb 2020 03:00:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.13 The Age of Trumpian Disasters https://staging.harvey-mudd.com/the-age-of-trumpian-disasters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-age-of-trumpian-disasters Fri, 07 Feb 2020 02:59:47 +0000 https://staging.harvey-mudd.com/?p=1175 The impeachment has come and gone. Trump, as anticipated, was not convicted. He crows that he was acquitted. He wasn’t acquitted in any moral or factual sense. He did what he did and everyone knows it; he is guilty as charged but the Republicans put on a show trial, called no witnesses, and whitewashed it. […]

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]]> American Medicine vs. French Medicine – Part 2 https://staging.harvey-mudd.com/american-medicine-vs-french-medicine-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=american-medicine-vs-french-medicine-2 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:51:05 +0000 http://staging.harvey-mudd.com/?p=590 Once “melanoma” was diagnosed,  I was directed by the dermatologist to the big public Hopital Saint Louis of the assistance publique system that is stigmatized as  “socialized” medicine and dreaded by the Americans – an irrational fear, rather like fearing the devil, and constantly fed fuel by politicians who are obedient  to their masters in […]

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]]> The Girl on The Train https://staging.harvey-mudd.com/the-girl-on-the-train/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-girl-on-the-train Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:01:57 +0000 http://staging.harvey-mudd.com/?p=587 The decals of instruction on how to break the windows and escape from the TGV carriage in case of a wreck have upset a little boy sitting across the aisle. The graphic shows a figure striking the window. He tries to peel off the decals with his little fingers. His mother struggles with him, a […]

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]]> American Medicine vs. French Medicine – Part 1 https://staging.harvey-mudd.com/american-medicine-vs-french-medicine-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=american-medicine-vs-french-medicine-1 https://staging.harvey-mudd.com/american-medicine-vs-french-medicine-1/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:10:18 +0000 http://staging.harvey-mudd.com/?p=585 Vanity to the rescue.   I decided to inquire about the price of removing a large “age spot” on my face. Feeling lightly embarrassed by my interest in such a project: men of my age are expected to have such things, badges, if you will, of life spent.  “Age spot” had been the diagnosis, without bothering […]

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]]> https://staging.harvey-mudd.com/american-medicine-vs-french-medicine-1/feed/ 1 Paris is the World: Insane and How Not to Be https://staging.harvey-mudd.com/insane-and-how-not-to-be/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=insane-and-how-not-to-be Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:07:08 +0000 http://staging.harvey-mudd.com/?p=542 I started the day thinking about what it means to be insane and ended up going the park. The question about insanity came up because the defense attorney for the Norwegian mass murderer called his client “insane,” as if that would not only explain his action but would also minimize its significance. I think that […]

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