Selected recent essays in academic periodicals
Essays in Public Periodicals
Essays on the Coronavirus Pandemic:
"When the Dam Breaks: A Fable," Al.com, May 14, 2020
"When the Dam Breaks: A Fable," Al.com, May 14, 2020
〰️
"When the Dam Breaks: A Fable," Al.com, May 14, 2020 "When the Dam Breaks: A Fable," Al.com, May 14, 2020 〰️
"Why Omicron Scares Me,” Essay #71, Al.com, Dec. 22, 2021
〰️
"Why Omicron Scares Me,” Essay #71, Al.com, Dec. 22, 2021 〰️
"The Long Haul of Long Covid," Al.com, July 27, 2021.
〰️
Dream it
"The Long Haul of Long Covid," Al.com, July 27, 2021. 〰️ Dream it
"Schizophrenia is Like Living with Your Brain On Fire". Birmingham News January 29, 2012.
"Yes, You Can Teach Neuroethics in Prison". Birmingham News October 10, 2013.
"Norman Borlaug: A Hero for Our Time" (with Joyce Hsu). Birmingham News Reprinted: AgBio World.
"Let's Think Outside the Box of Bad Cliches" Newsweek August 6, 2007. Reprinted: Models for Writers, Bedford/St. Martin’s.
"Should We Test for Genetic Diseases that Cannot be Cured?". Birmingham New, January 9, 2011. Featured in Reason magazine, “Bioethicists Can’t Handle the Truth,” February 1, 2011.
"Free-Market Baby Making". Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2008, A17. Reprinted: The Miami Herald, The China Times, Akron Daily, and 10 other newspapers.
"Organ Donors May Risk Their Health". Los Angeles Times April 9, 2002.
"End-of-Life Decisions are Heart-Wrenching" Birmingham News, November 15, 2009.
"Jim Pittman's Legacy is Rich, Memorable" Birmingham News, January 19, 2014.
"Surgical Firsts, Not Always Ethical" Birmingham News November 27, 2017.
“Should 'enhanced' athletes like Oscar Pistorius and Noah Galloway be banned?” Birmingham New, June 08, 2015. https://www.al.com/opinion/2015/06/should_enhanced_athletes_like.html
"How to be Happy in Academe". Chronicle of Higher Education, December 2008. Reprinted: William & Mary Magazine (Spring 2009), and Brian Leiter’s blog, Issues in the Profession.
“Eric Robert Rudolph: The losses he caused…” Birmingham News January 29, 2015.
“Why the Polls Got it Wrong” Birmingham News November 17, 2016.
“Winning the Right Way: The Ramblers of Loyola-Chicago” Birmingham News March 27, 2018.
"Right to Try Bill Will Hurt Terminal Patients" Birmingham News May 25, 2018.
“Happy 40th Birthday to Louise Brown, the First ‘Test-Tube’ Baby” Birmingham News July 25, 2018.
"Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire" Birmingham News May 24, 2019.
“When the Dam Breaks: A Virus Fable” Birmingham News May 14, 2020.
"The Value of a Life," New York Times, December 4, 1974.
"Everyone's Entitled to Blame for Soaring Health Costs," Wall Street Journal, December 22, 1983. Reprinted in the UAB Medical Center Magazine, Summer, 1984.
"Medical Students Need Perspective, Hope," American Medical News, November 7, 1986.
“A New Parable about Life, Humane Medicine Magazine, November 1986.
“Baby Louise Story a Please for Infertility Research,” Birmingham News, July 22, 1988.
"On the Road" (Guest Essay), Journal of the American Medical Association, 260:13, October 7, 1988.
“Can They Pull the Plug on a Patient Who’s Not Able to Fight it?” Birmingham News, December 3, 1989.
"As I Lay Dying," Birmingham News, November 9, 1991.
“In Case of Terminal Illness: Call Your Lawyer,” Tuscaloosa News, November 15, 1991.
"Ethics and AIDS, " Birmingham News, January 4, 1992.
"Brave New Babies," February, Birmingham News, 1992.
"Brave New Genetics," Birmingham News, April 4, 1992.
"Two Decades of Bioethics," Birmingham News, November 12, 1992.
"Who Gets Health Care? Make a List," The New York Times, June 14, 1993.
“A Prescription for Health Care Reform?" Birmingham News, September 26, 1993.
"Discovering Drugs and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples," Birmingham News, February 18, 1996.
"Dolly and Cloning," Birmingham News, March 17, 1997.
“McCaughey Septuplets: God's Will or Human Choice?" Birmingham News, December 1, 1997. Reprinted: Bioethics: An Anthology, ed. Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse, Blackwell, (4 editions).
"World's Authority on Ants Marching to Birmingham," (on E. O. Wilson's visit to UAB), Birmingham News March 1, 1998.
"Happy 20th Birthday, Louise Brown," Atlanta Journal-Constitution July 25, 1998. Reprinted: Knight-Ridder newspapers.
"Does Size Matter?" Birmingham News, August 30, 1998.
"The Ethics of Cybermedicine," (with Jason Lott), Birmingham News July 3, 1999.
“AIDS and Africa,” Birmingham News January 2, 2000.
“Cloning Michael’s Embryos,” Birmingham News June 4, 2000.
“A Hero for our Time: Norman Borlaug” (with Joyce Hsu) Birmingham News July 2000.
“Don’t Criminalize Human Cloning,” Insight magazine, September 2000.
“Myths about Human Cloning,” Birmingham News Nov. 25, 2000.
“West Wing and Norman Borlaug,” Birmingham News January 2001. Reprinted: Des Moines Register, 18 January 2001.
“Crafting a Careful Policy in Bioethics,” Chronicle of Higher Education January 12, 2001.
“Cloning is Just Another Way to Start a Family,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution November 27, 2001.
“Medical Ethics is Whatever You Say It Is,” Newsletter on Medical Ethics of the American Philosophical Association, Fall, 2001.
“Future Shifts Reproduction to New Level,” Philadelphia Inquirer December 2, 2001, Philadelphia, PA.
“Putting ‘Science’ Back in Science Fiction: Cloning in Science Fiction,” Future Orbits Magazine, January 2002.
“Is President’s New Bioethics Council: Dead on Arrival?” Birmingham Post-Herald, January 24, 2002. Reprinted: Chicago Tribune, 25 January 2002.
“Why Greenpeace Should See Green on GM Food,” Birmingham News February 24, 2002.
“Organ Donors Risk Health” Los Angeles Times April 9, 2002. Reprinted: St. Paul Register, Miami Herald and St. Louis Dispatch.
“Food Activism: A Tree with Deep Philosophical Roots,” Philosopher’s Magazine, June 2002.
“Is Ban on Cloned Tissue Research Attack on Biotechnology?” Birmingham News, July 21, 2002.
“Commission to Michael J. Fox: Wait 4 Years,” (with Pooja Aggarwal), Birmingham News July 18, 2002.
“Good Family Doctors Deserve More Thanks” Birmingham News January 3, 2003.
“Time to Pay for Organs?” Birmingham News June 29, 2003.
“Too Bad U.S. Won’t Fund Embryo Studies,” Birmingham News February 13, 2005, C1.
“After 15 Years, Is it Time to let Terri Schiavo Go?” Birmingham News January 23, 2005.
“Medicine’s New Heroes Have Old Values” (with Emily Taylor) Birmingham News August 7, 2005.
“The Ethics of Disclosing Medical Mistakes,” Birmingham News February 19, 2006.
“Controversy’s Children: Cloning Represents No Threat to People,” Orange County (CA) News, April 30, 2006.
“Psychiatric Patients Deserve Access to Treatment,” Birmingham News June 4, 2006.
“Newborn Genetic Testing,” Birmingham News November 16, 2007.
“Is Alcoholism a Disease?” Birmingham News October 24, 2008.
“Re-creating Medicine: Need to Reform more than Health Insurance,” Birmingham News, July 19, 2009.
“Saving Alabama’s Bookstores,” Birmingham News March 5, 2014.
Selected Essays in Academic Periodicals by Gregory Pence
Essays in Public Periodicals by Gregory Pence
"Schizophrenia is Like Living with Your Brain On Fire". Birmingham News January 29, 2012.
"Yes, You Can Teach Neuroethics in Prison". Birmingham News October 10, 2013.
"Norman Borlaug: A Hero for Our Time" (with Joyce Hsu). Birmingham News Reprinted: AgBio World.
"Let's Think Outside the Box of Bad Cliches" Newsweek August 6, 2007. Reprinted: Models for Writers, Bedford/St. Martin’s.
"Should We Test for Genetic Diseases that Cannot be Cured?". Birmingham New, January 9, 2011. Featured in Reason magazine, “Bioethicists Can’t Handle the Truth,” February 1, 2011.
"Free-Market Baby Making". Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2008, A17. Reprinted: The Miami Herald, The China Times, Akron Daily, and 10 other newspapers.
"Organ Donors May Risk Their Health". Los Angeles Times April 9, 2002.
"End-of-Life Decisions are Heart-Wrenching" Birmingham News, November 15, 2009.
"Jim Pittman's Legacy is Rich, Memorable" Birmingham News, January 19, 2014.
"Surgical Firsts, Not Always Ethical" Birmingham News November 27, 2017.“
“Should 'enhanced' athletes like Oscar Pistorius and Noah Galloway be banned?” Birmingham New, June 08, 2015. https://www.al.com/opinion/2015/06/should_enhanced_athletes_like.html
"How to be Happy in Academe". Chronicle of Higher Education, December 2008. Reprinted: William & Mary Magazine; Brian Leiter’s Issues in the Profession.
“Eric Robert Rudolph: The losses he caused…” Birmingham News January 29, 2015.
“Why the Polls Got it Wrong” Birmingham News November 17, 2016.
“Winning the Right Way: The Ramblers of Loyola-Chicago” Birmingham News March 27, 2018.
"Right to Try Bill Will Hurt Terminal Patients" Birmingham News May 25, 2018.
“Happy 40th Birthday to Louise Brown, the First ‘Test-Tube’ Baby” Birmingham News July 25, 2018.
"Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire" Birmingham News May 24, 2019.
“When the Dam Breaks: A Virus Fable” Birmingham News May 14, 2020.
"The Value of a Life," New York Times, December 4, 1974.
"Everyone's Entitled to Blame for Soaring Health Costs," Wall Street Journal, December 22, 1983.
"Medical Students Need Perspective, Hope," American Medical News, November 7, 1986.
“A New Parable about Life, Humane Medicine Magazine, November 1986.
"On the Road" (Guest Essay), Journal of the American Medical Association, 260:13, October 7, 1988.
“Can They Pull the Plug on a Patient Who’s Not Able to Fight it?” Birmingham News, December 3, 1989.
"As I Lay Dying," Birmingham News, November 9, 1991.
“In Case of Terminal Illness: Call Your Lawyer,” Tuscaloosa News, November 15, 1991.
"The Ethics ofAIDS, " Birmingham News, January 4, 1992.
"Brave New Babies," February, Birmingham News, 1992.
"Brave New Genetics," Birmingham News, April 4, 1992.
"Two Decades of Bioethics," Birmingham News, November 12, 1992.
"Who Gets Health Care? Make a List," The New York Times, June 14, 1993.
“A Prescription for Health Care Reform?" Birmingham News, September 26, 1993.
"Discovering Drugs and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples," Birmingham News, February 18, 1996.
"Dolly and Cloning," Birmingham News, March 17, 1997.
“McCaughey Septuplets: God's Will or Human Choice?" Birmingham News, December 1, 1997. Reprinted: Bioethics: An Anthology, ed. Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse, Blackwell, (4 editions).
"World's Authority on Ants Marching to Birmingham," (on E. O. Wilson's visit to UAB), Birmingham News March 1, 1998.
"Happy 20th Birthday, Louise Brown," Atlanta Journal-Constitution July 25, 1998. Reprinted: Knight-Ridder newspapers.
"Does Size Matter?" Birmingham News, August 30, 1998.
"The Ethics of Cybermedicine," (with Jason Lott), Birmingham News July 3, 1999.
“AIDS and Africa,” Birmingham News January 2, 2000.
“Cloning Michael’s Embryos,” Birmingham News June 4, 2000.
“A Hero for our Time: Norman Borlaug” (with Joyce Hsu) Birmingham News July 2000.
“Don’t Criminalize Human Cloning,” Insight magazine, September 2000.
“Myths about Human Cloning,” Birmingham News Nov. 25, 2000.
“West Wing and Norman Borlaug,” Birmingham News January 2001. Reprinted: Des Moines Register, 18 January 2001.
“Crafting a Careful Policy in Bioethics,” Chronicle of Higher Education January 12, 2001.
“Cloning is Just Another Way to Start a Family,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution November 27, 2001.
“Medical Ethics is Whatever You Say It Is,” Newsletter on Medical Ethics of the American Philosophical Association, Fall, 2001.
“Future Shifts Reproduction to New Level,” Philadelphia Inquirer December 2, 2001, Philadelphia, PA.
“Putting ‘Science’ Back in Science Fiction: Cloning in Science Fiction,” Future Orbits Magazine, January 2002.
“Is President’s New Bioethics Council: Dead on Arrival?” Birmingham Post-Herald, January 24, 2002. Reprinted: Chicago Tribune, 25 January 2002.
“Why Greenpeace Should See Green on GM Food,” Birmingham News February 24, 2002.
“Organ Donors Risk Health” Los Angeles Times April 9, 2002. Reprinted: St. Paul Register, Miami Herald and St. Louis Dispatch.
“Food Activism: A Tree with Deep Philosophical Roots,” Philosopher’s Magazine, June 2002.
“Is Ban on Cloned Tissue Research Attack on Biotechnology?” Birmingham News, July 21, 2002.
“Commission to Michael J. Fox: Wait 4 Years,” (with Pooja Aggarwal), Birmingham News July 18, 2002.
“Good Family Doctors Deserve More Thanks” Birmingham News January 3, 2003.
“Time to Pay for Organs?” Birmingham News June 29, 2003.
“Too Bad U.S. Won’t Fund Embryo Studies,” Birmingham News February 13, 2005, C1.
“After 15 Years, Is it Time to let Terri Schiavo Go?” Birmingham News January 23, 2005.
“Medicine’s New Heroes Have Old Values” (with Emily Taylor) Birmingham News August 7, 2005.
“The Ethics of Disclosing Medical Mistakes,” Birmingham News February 19, 2006.
“Controversy’s Children: Cloning Represents No Threat to People,” Orange County (CA) News, April 30, 2006.
“Psychiatric Patients Deserve Access to Treatment,” Birmingham News June 4, 2006.
“Newborn Genetic Testing,” Birmingham News November 16, 2007.
“Is Alcoholism a Disease?” Birmingham News October 24, 2008.
“Re-creating medicine: Need to Reform more than Health Insurance,” Birmingham News, July 19, 2009.
“Saving Alabama’s Bookstores,” Birmingham News March 5, 2014.