by Michael Rafferty | Mar 11, 2019 | Michael's Blog
I thought I might die today. My brain was processing that thought in a disconnected way. There was no fight or flight response but still … (SPOILER ALERT) I didn’t die and I’m actually writing this a couple of weeks later. Here’s the scenario. I was standing in the...
by Michael Rafferty | Dec 5, 2017 | Michael's Blog
The current issue of esperanza magazine marks an important milestone for me, one worth commenting on. esperanza is a quarterly publication for and about individuals and families trying to cope with depression. I have been a contributing columnist in every issue and in...
by Michael Rafferty | Nov 11, 2017 | Michael's Blog
Why Veterans Day is different from Memorial Day The short answer to the question is a little blunt. Memorial Day is for remembering those who died in service to their country. Veterans Day is for not forgetting those who served and lived to tell about it. It is easy...
by Michael Rafferty | Nov 3, 2017 | Michael's Blog
In a recent op-ed column for the New York Times (“We Used to Build Things”), David Brooks looked back a century or so ago to the birth of the U.S. Forest Service. It was a timely piece, given the wildfires that were turning Northern California into a charred...
by Michael Rafferty | Oct 5, 2017 | Michael's Blog, Michael's writing samples
The following is an article that I wrote for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Turning Point magazine’s October 2017 issue. Delivering Women’s Cancer Care Closer to Home. Boston’s Longwood Medical Area stretches over 213 acres surrounding the...
by Michael Rafferty | May 1, 2017 | Michael's Blog
Looking back over a period of more than 30 years, I take great satisfaction in the variety of work that I’ve done for non-profit organizations as well as the variety of the organizations themselves. Somewhere along the way, I realized that I worked in the “goodness...
