In everyday life, the rules are simple. If you say something that’s factually untrue — and you know it’s untrue — that’s a lie. But in the courtroom? Different rules apply. The Language Game I’ve been representing myself pro se against a powerful institution. In that process, opposing counsel filed statements that were, by any ordinary definition, false. Not debatable. Not opinion. Factually untrue and provably so. Out in the real world, we’d call that what it is: lying. But

Sometimes it feels overwhelming when people celebrate me for my advocacy work. The truth is, this was never the role I wanted for myself. I was content being a physician. I loved taking care of patients — that was my joy. Every visit, every phone call, every telemedicine appointment fed me. Patients thought I was helping them, but in reality, they were giving me life. When that was taken from me — after I spoke up about patient safety and was forced onto unwanted leave — it w

Trigger warning: discussion of workplace trauma, retaliation, and bureaucratic harm. Most people don’t celebrate becoming “unemployed. ”But for me, this week, it felt like a small miracle. After surviving a near workplace-violence incident, I asked for the most basic protection any worker should expect: a safe setting to do my job. Instead of accommodations, I was boxed out. I wasn’t allowed to work for the hospital where I was under contract. I wasn’t allowed to work anywher