Category Archives: Life Lesson Essays

How human behavior has changed since 1950

January 26, 2020- by Seven E. Greer What defines the generations? What fundamentally changed the way we behave? (more…)

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Never fly in a helicopter

January 27, 2020- by Steven E. Greer Recently, there was a deadly tourist helicopter crash in Hawaii, killing seven, that had all of the (more…)

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The music of color

January 8, 2020- by Steven E. Greer I care so little about that clothing that I force myself to place shirts on a dresser top in order to remind me (more…)

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I run circles around Harvard lawyers and I am not even a lawyer

View from a room in the SDNY federal court August 6, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have been telling people for years that I run circles around Harvard lawyers and I am not even a lawyer. (more…)

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A proposal to consolidate federal holidays

December 26, 2019- by Steven E. Greer One of my biggest pet peeve’s is how this country has become lazy and lost its Protestant work ethic. (more…)

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Essay: 50 years ago, a humble man from Ohio landed on the moon

July 20, 2019- By Steven E. Greer, MD    (a previous draft was written in 2014) Forty-nine-years ago, on July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step onto the moon with his impromptu and iconic proclamation, (more…)

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Golf diplomacy

June 30, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD President Trump might very well end the 70-year Korean war. Today, he became the first POTUS to (more…)

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Essay: The real villain in the New Zealand massacre is the video game industry

March 20, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I normally protect my soul by not watching grotesque videos. I have never seen the films of people (more…)

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Essay: My life spilled out before my eyes

December 9, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD I was recently moving when a guy dropped a plastic container of miscellaneous items. It was like a (more…)

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Essay: The Slippery slope to mediocrity through corruption

March 13, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD The college admissions cheating scandal in the news is timely for me. Yesterday, I was getting a special golf (more…)

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Essay: California idiosyncrasies

February 17, 2018- by Steven E. Greer I am wrapping up my trip to Monterey, California. Prior to this one, I was in Los Angeles and Santa (more…)

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Essay: A New Holiday Tradition: Stone the Narcissists

February 10, 2019- by Steven E. Greer I propose a new holiday tradition. Every year at Halloween, or perhaps Mid-Summer around a bonfire, the nation would pick (more…)

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Share your tips on healthy meals

February 23, 2019- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have been eating pretty well lately and gaining muscle mass again. After becoming very strong (more…)

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Essay: Just do it. Cut your cord.

Update January 15, 2019- I finally cut my cable TV cord. Well, sort of. I still pay $50 a month to (more…)

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Essay: This real estate bubble feels worse than the one that burst in 2007

(Apartment at 200 Rector Place empty for 18-months as Milford Management tries to sell hundreds of new units) Update April 3, 2018- Bloomberg reports that the real estate market is stagnant and as bad as after the (more…)

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Essay: Santa Clause is Real

December 24, 2018- by Steven E. Greer I grew up in a (more…)

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Essay: True wealth cannot be bought

February 12, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD On a recent trip to Monterey, I noticed that a PGA player I follow, fellow Ohio State University (more…)

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Essay: Why creating BatteryPark.TV was such a stroke of genius

September 18, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD Time Magazine has been sold again (recall, Koch Brothers’ company Meredith bought it last year, promptly to break it up and sell off the assets). (more…)

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Essay: 50 years ago (Déjà vu)

(A metaphor for my birth) April 3, 2018- by Steven E. Greer, MD This is going to be the year of big 50th anniversary in memoriams for important events. We already (more…)

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Essay: I finally figured out what makes New York City the magnet that it is

January 27, 2017- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have lived in Manhattan for 20-years. Something I am realizing, which is unique to New York City, (more…)

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