Articles

Read additional articles written by Miguel A. Faria, Jr., MD

 

I. The Wall Street Journal:
A. The Never-Ending Cuban Embargo
B. Registering Our Guns Is Threat to Freedom
C. Physician Unionization

II. NewsMax.com:

A. Public health and guns/gun control
B. Politics/United Nations
C. Cuba/Castro
D. Book Reviews

III. LaNuevaCuba.com:
A. Faria appointed to CDC Injury Grant Review Committee (2002)
B. U.S.-Cuba Policy: Betraying Friends For Fools Gold (2001)
C. 'Unvanquished --- Cuba's Resistance to Fidel Castro', A Review (2004)
D. An Old Dictator Stumbles, An Analysis (2004)
E. Reinventing Radicals --- Girondins vs Jacobins in the French Revolution (A Book Review) Part II --- The Brave Girondins (2004)
F. Bastille Day and The French Revolution (Part I): The Ancien Regime and the Storming of the Bastille (2004)
G. Bastille Day and The French Revolution (Part II): Maximilien Robespierre --- The Incorruptible (2004)
H. Bastille Day and The French Revolution (Part III): The Denouement (2004)

IV. Ideas on Liberty:
A. Capital Letters: No Trade With Cuba
B. The Tainted Public-Health Model of Gun Control
C. National Gun Registration: The Road to Tyranny
D. Psychiatry in a Communist Utopia
E. Book Review of Robert N. Proctor's, The Nazi War on Cancer
F. Book Review of James T. Bennett and Thomas J. DiLorenzo's From Pathology to Politics: Public Health in America

V. FrontPageMagazine.com:
A. Interview with Dr. Miguel Faria, Cuba in Revolution Part I by Myles Kantor
B. Interview with Dr. Miguel Faria, Cuba in Revolution Part II by Myles Kantor

VI. LewRockwell.com:
A. A Cuban Southerner's Defense of the South


VII. Human Events:
A. Corporate Socialized Medicine Threatens Medical Profession
B. More Gun Control, More Crime

VIII. The New American:
A. Overdose of Socialism
B. Docs, Guns, and the CDC
C. Public Health and Gun Control: No Deterrent to Crime


IX. Amazon.com Book Reviews:
A. Armed and Female by Paxton Quigley
B. Bonnie Prince Charlie by Carolly Erickson
C. Boomerang by Theda Skocpol
D. Citizens --- A Chronicle of the French Revolution by Simon Schama
E. Cuba En Guerra ("Cuba In War") by Enrique Encinosa
F. The Days of the French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert
G. Doctors and the Law by Hon. Hiller B. Zobel and Stephen N. Rous, MD
H. Guns : Who Should Have Them? by David B. Kopel (Editor)
I. More Guns, Less Crime by John R. Lott, Jr.
J. Paris in the Terror by Stanley Loomis
K. People For and Against Gun Control: A Biographical Reference by Marjolijn Bijlefeld
L. The Politics of Psychiatry in Revolutionary Cuba by Charles J. Brown and Armando M. Lago
M. The Revolutionary Career of Maximilien Robespierre by David P. Jordan
N. Robespierre ---- The Fool as Revolutionary by Otto Scott
O. Safeguarding Liberty by Larry Pratt
P. The Best Defense by Robert A. Waters
Q. Trials of an Expert Witness by Harold L. Klawans, MD
R. Ruse --- Undercover with FBI counterintelligence by Robert Eringer
S. Comrade J --- The Untold Secrets of Russia's Master Spy in America After the End of the Cold War by Pete Earley


X. Surgical Neurology:
A. Vandals at the Gates of Medicine---Have They Been Repulsed or Are They Over the Top? (1997)
B. Medical Warriors: Fighting Corporate Sociallized Medicine in America (1999)
C. Patient's Bill of Rights or the Trial Lawyer's Bill of Delights (2003)
D. Letter to the Editor regarding "International Perspective: Neurological Surgery in Nicaragua." (1990)
E. Enhancing Medical Care in the United States via Health Savings Accounts. (2005)
F. Public Policy by Lawsuits: U.S. Neurosurgeons Are Not Safe (2002)
G. Medical Liability Tort Reform --- A Neurosurgeon's Perspective (2004)
H.Enhancing Medical Care in the U.S. via Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) (2005)
I. Readers' Comments: Response: RE: Medical Liability Tort Reform: A Neurosurgeon's Perspective (2004)
J. Socialized (Free) Medical Care in Cuba Part I: A Poor State of Health (2004)
K. Socialized Medicine in Cuba Part II: "Doctor Diplomacy," Sex Tourism, and Medical Apartheid (2004)
L. Is There a Right to Medical Care? (2005)
M. Letter to the Editor: Re: Leadership versus Consensus (Ausman JI. Surg Neurol 2006;66:548-549) (2007)
N. Part I: Public health, social science, and the scientific method. (2007)
O. Part II: Public health, social science, and the scientific method. (2007)
P. Fidel Castro's medical care in the socialized Cuban paradise. (2007)

XI. Medical Sentinel:
A. On the Moral Virtues and Evolving Professional Ethics (Spring 1996)
B. On Ethics, Guidelines, and Medical Progress (Summer 1996)
C. Why the Decline in American Education and Morals (Winter 1997)
D. The Perversion of Science and Medicine (Part I): On the Nature of Science (Spring 1997)
E. The Perversion of Science and Medicine (Part II): Soviet Science and Gun Control (Spring 1997)
F. The Perversion of Science and Medicine (Part III): Public Health and Gun Control Research (Summer 1997)
G. The Perversion of Science and Medicine (Part IV): The Battle Continues (Summer 1997)
H. Cynicism, Apathy, and Pragmatic Political Parties (Fall 1997)
I. Physician Unions --- A Piece of My Mind (January/February 1998)
J. The Transformation of Medical Ethics Through Time (Part I):
Medical Oaths and Statist Controls (January/February 1998)
K. The Transformation of Medical Ethics Through Time (Part II): Medical Ethics and Organized Medicine (March/April 1998)
L. Managed Care --- Corporate Socialized Medicine (March/April 1998)
M. Euthanasia, Medical Science, and the Road to Genocide (May/June 1998)
N. The Police State of Medicine --- The Nature of the Beast (July/August 1998)
O. Are We the Enemy? (September/October 1998)
P. Patient Privacy and Confidentiality --- Time to Draw the Line (November/December 1998)
Q. The Founding Fathers, High Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Impeachment (January/February 1999)
R. England and Gun Control --- Moral Decline of an Empire (March/April 1999)
S. The Medical Sentinel --- A Breath of Fresh Air (May/June 1999)
T. Is There a Right to Health Care? (July/August 1999)
U. Book Review: Year of the Rat --- How Bill Clinton Compromised U.S. Security for Chinese Cash by Edward Timperlake and William C. Triplett, II. (September/October 1999)
V.
Slouching Towards a Duty to Die (November/December 1999)
W.
'Death and Taxes' at the Turn of the Millennium (January/February 2000)
X.
Vaccines (Part I): Jenner, Pasteur, and the Dawn of Scientific Medicine (March/April 2000)
Y.
Vaccines (Part II): Hygiene, Sanitation, Immunization, and Pestilential Diseases (March/April 2000)
Z.
Gun Control in Australia --- Chaos Down Under (May/June 2000)
AA. Public Policy by Lawsuits --- No One Is Safe (May/June 2000)
BB. The Patients' Bill of Rights --- Thermopylae 2000 (July/August 2000)
CC. Enhancing Access Via Medical Freedom --- Call It MSA Empowerment (July/August 2000)
DD. Cuban Psychiatry --- The Perversion of Medicine (September/October 2000)
EE. The Second Amendment --- Reaching a Consensus as an Individual Right (November/December 2000)
FF. The Nazi War on Tobacco and Cancer (November/December 2000)
GG. Public Health and Gun Control --- A Review. Part I: The Benefits of Firearms (Spring 2001)
HH. Public Health and Gun Control --- A Review. Part II: Gun Violence and Constitutional Issues (Spring 2001)
II. Tossing Medical Privacy Out the Window (Summer 2001)
JJ. Public Health --- From Science to Politics (Summer 2001)
KK. Pain Control or State Control? (Fall 2001)
LL. Doctors to Ask Patients About Gun Ownership (Winter 2001)
MM. A Correspondence with Bioethics Critic, Attorney Wesley J. Smith (Summer 2002)
NN. Cuba in Revolution---Escape From a Lost Paradise by Miguel A. Faria, Jr., MD. Reviewed by Jerome C. Arnett, Jr., MD
OO.
The AMA, Medical Liability Tort Reform, and HMO Lawsuits (Fall 2002)
PP. Medical History --- Plagues and Epidemics (Winter 2002)
QQ. Medical History --- Hygiene and Sanitation (Winter 2002)
RR.
Guns and Violence (Winter 2002)
SS.
Statistical Malpractice --- 'Firearm Availability' and Violence (Part I): Politics or Science? (Winter 2002)
TT. Statistical Malpractice --- 'Firearm Availability' and Violence (Part II): Poverty, Education and other Socioeconomic Factors.

XII. The Macon Telegraph:
A. A Time of Joy and Reflections (Another View)
B. Suggestions for Carter's Travels to Castro's Cuba
C. A Sympton of Liberal Judicial Insanity (Another View)
D. On School-Based Community Service --- A Dissenting View (Another View)
E. Restricting Heart Procedures Outmoded
F. Armed Citizenry is the Best Deterrent (Another View)
G. Trigger Locks Hazardous Themselves
H. HMOs Taking Us in Wrong Direction
I. Suing Gun Makers is Wrong Answer
J. Speaker at Republican Lunch Decries Dangers Facing Country
K. Proud to be American --- Naturalized Citizen Earns Medal From DAR
L. Medical Equipment from U.S. Brightens Christmas in El Salvador
M. Macon MD Gets Help for El Salvador Wounded
N. Pinochet Saved Chile From Communism
O. Gov. Perdue Should Sign Gun Legislation
P. Legislature should give property owners some relief
Q. Socialism, property taxes: Reducing the burden
R. Restricting heart procedures outmoded

 

XIII. The Washington Times
A. ...And Now They Want You on Their List (Letter to the Editor)

 

XIV. Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia
A. On Revolutionary Physicians and Civil Wars
B. Dominique-Jean Larrey: Napoleon's Surgeon from Egypt to Waterloo


XV. Journal of Neurosurgery
A. The Death of Henry II of France


XVI. Other Writings
A. The Economic Terror of the French Revolution
B. Bastille Day and the French Revolution

XVII. Speeches
A. The Perversion of Science and Medicine: Gun Control and Public Health (Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, DDP, 1999)

XVIII. WorldNetDaily.com:
A. A Nation of Thieves (October 17, 2003)
B. Media Monopoly and Incumbency Protection (April 2, 2001)
C. Medicine Contracts a Deadly Disease (by Craige McMillan, April 18, 2002)

XIX. Atlanta Journal Constitution:
A. Unpublished Letter: Should Gov. Perdue Sign Gun Legislation?

XX. Heartland Institute's Health Care News:
A. Faria Appointed to CDC Committee (Health Care News, January 2003)


XXI. Western Journal of Medicine:
A. Utilitarianism and the Perversion of the Ethics of Hippocrates


XXII. Women & Guns
A. Women, Guns, and the Medical Literature --- A Raging Debate (October 1994)

XXIII. GOPUSA
A. Freedom: Liberty versus Equality (Guest Commentary, August 25, 2010.
B. ObamaCare, Medical Privacy, and Gun Rights (Guest Commentary, August 16, 2010.

C. Opening Trade with Cuba & Letting the US Taxpayers Foot the Bill! (Guest Commentary, July 8, 2010.
D. House Democrats Once Again Seek To Silence Political Speech (Guest Commentary, June 17, 2010.
E. National Identity Card: Paving the Road to Tyranny (Guest Commentary, April 12, 2010).

F. Getting US in Line for ObamaCare and Medical Rationing! (Guest Commentary, March 18, 2010).