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May 10, 2026, 11:31 PM

Back to the sources… back to the future

I recently attended a healthcare conference in Washington, DC. It was the first time back in my hometown in many years. No surprise, much has changed. But perhaps more unexpectedly, I was both surprised and inspired by how much...

Aug 14, 2025, 8:35 AM

In the Name of Love (Jewish Pride)

We are witnessing, in real time, international bullying and piling on of the highest order, in the age of social media, propaganda masquerading as news, and complete social dysfunction. Israel is not perfect. But Israel is also not worthy of...

Jul 9, 2023, 5:31 PM

Another article about artificial intelligence. I could stop here and if you had ever read about Kahneman and Tversky, or Michael Lewis’ book “The Undoing Project” and truly understood its message, you would know that first sentence would be...

Oct 31, 2018, 7:06 PM

Beyond the Headlines

Since writing "Why as a Jew…I vote Blue" I have received many private and public comments from friends, family and acquaintances, either on my Facebook page, emails, but mostly in private messages and WhatsApp. Most of them have been...

Oct 29, 2018, 3:39 PM

Why as Jew…I vote Blue

I’ve already voted. To many of my Orthodox friends it comes as a shock when I tell them that I voted Democrat down the ticket. “Are you a self-hating Jew?” “So you love Obama, and Farrakhan and Ellison and...

Dec 25, 2016, 4:31 PM

Strong Medicine

In what was clearly a parting shot at Israel and Netanyahu, and perhaps one the most cowardly back stabbing political acts in history, President Obama this week allowed the passage of a UN resolution giving the illusion of legitimacy...

Nov 14, 2016, 11:56 PM

Although I have been doing my best to withhold certain comments and observations so we can move past this very divisive election, I also believe it is important that we continue to speak truth in a respectful way. Healing...

Oct 27, 2016, 8:24 PM

Hear O Israel…

We must choose. To exercise our free will is not only a civic duty as part of a democratic society, but is in fact the very essence of what it is to be a Jew. And so, as I...

Jun 15, 2016, 10:20 PM

Right brain…Left brain…any brain?

If one believes banning assault weapons would not help prevent mass shootings, then it is hard to follow how banning Muslims works to defeat terrorism. Yet this conflicting logic represents two beliefs which are widely espoused with disturbing regularity...

Jan 30, 2016, 4:10 AM

In Human Nature

We want answers. That is the very essence of human nature. From the beginning of recorded history, religious belief aside, the story Adam and Eve is one that demonstrates this inescapable essence of being. So powerful and fundamental was their...

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About Me

Dr. Nigel Spier is an OB/Gyn who has been practicing in South Florida since 1995. Over the years he has served as past President of the Broward County Medical Association, Past Chief of OB/Gyn at Memorial Regional Hospital and is currently Chief of the Medical Staff. As an early adopter of EHR and HIT since 2003, his practice was featured as a “Success in Business” profile for Apple Computer. He has served as a consultant and helped develop workflows and templates, working with several EMR vendors over the years and was a key presenter on a system for implementing templates and workflows at a major industry trade show. He currently also serves as a Medical Director for a major medical software vendor in Boca Raton Florida.