by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 20, 2026 | A story from my life, Authoritarianism, community, David Brooks, Derek Thompson, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Bernard Lown, Dr. Eugene Braunwald, Dr. George Thorne, Dr. Henry Asbury Christian, Dr. Lewis Dexter, Dr. Richard Gorlin, Dr. Soma Weiss, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, George Packer, MAGA, nativism, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Politics and Healthcare, Reinhold Niebuhr, self-interest, Social Determinants of Health, status quo, The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness:, What Made Trump Possible?
February 20, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Looking For The Most Effective Approach To A Better Future I keep hoping that my reading will help me better understand our times and reassure me that we will eventually return to our efforts to improve the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 13, 2026 | A personal history, BEMA, Christian Nationalism, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Four Pillars of Medical Ethics, healthcare under Trump, hermeneutics, John Fugelsang, MAGA, Marty Solomon, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, Politics and Healthcare, Separation of Church and Hate, The Triple Aim
February 13, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, The Benefits of Four Pillars For the past couple of years, on many of my walks, I have been listening to a theological podcast, BEMA Discipleship, offered by a very entertaining and knowledgeable minister who...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 2, 2026 | 120th Congress, 2026 midterm elections, ACA, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare under Trump, MAGA, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health
2 January 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back At ‘25 With Regrets, Looking Forward to ‘26 With Hope Most Sunday mornings, my wife and I record CBS Sunday Morning hosted by veteran TV journalist Jane Pauley. We often don’t listen to it until later...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 26, 2025 | A personal history, abundance, Christmas, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Primary Care, The Care Experience, the centrality of Primary Care, the good doctor
December 26, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, What Are The Attributes of A Good Doctor? Many doctors are very good writers. This time of year, I see articles talking about the best books of the last year. Usually, on a list of a dozen or more, I might have...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 29, 2025 | Arlie Russell Hochschild, Cultural Determinants of Health, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Emotional Determinants of Health, Environmental Determinants of Health, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare under Trump, Illiberalism, MAGA, MAHA, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Project 2025, RFK Jr., Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
August 29, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Recently, I have spent a considerable amount of time and words writing about the illiberal tendencies of our president, and how he appears to be the tool of what I would label as the Project 2025 cabal. Among his many...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 8, 2025 | 2026 mid term elections, America's dependence on foreign medical graduates, Burnout, concierge care, CVS, David Brooks, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Ashish Jha, Dr. Danielle Ofri, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Independent practice of mid-level clinicians, MAGA, Martin Luther King Jr, MassGeneral Brigham, Medicaid, Moral Injury, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Politics and Healthcare, Professor Heather Cox Richardson, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Texas attempt to gerrymander for House control, The Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 8, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, We Are Struggling And It Is Likely To Get Worse Before Getting Better This week, there are some significant anniversaries. It has been 80 years since we dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more...