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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...

Nov 23, 2015, 7:37 PM

Another Open Letter to Obama

Dear Mr. President: It’s been a while since our last correspondence. Well…ok, let me clarify that. It’s been a while since I first wrote an open letter to you. I never really expected us to become pen pals, so “correspondence”...

Nov 4, 2015, 3:14 PM

In light of all the incitement and hate that is being spread on Facebook and social media, with no accountability and a refusal to follow even their own guidelines, lately I've been considering giving up my Facebook account permanently...

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About Me

Nigel Spier is a practicing OB/GYN in Hollywood, Florida who has served as Chief of the Department of OB/GYN at Memorial Regional Hospital, President of the Broward County Medical Association and on the board of his local chapter of ARMDI. He is active in many Jewish organizations and charities and is an eternal optimist and advocate for reform, peace and global prosperity.