The Challenge Is Still To Deliver on “These Truths”
I was quite gratified that in his recent sixteen hour panorama of Country Music, Ken Burns spent a disproportionate amount of time in episode six on Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson has always been a favorite of mine. He was an exceptional athlete at Pomona...
Healthcare Musings For 16 August 2019
16 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Race and Healthcare The New York Times Magazine has launched a program this month that it is calling “The 1619 Project.” This year is the 400th anniversary of slavery in America. The piece that you will find if you follow...
It’s About More Than Guns
Saturday was another bad day in America. El Paso and Dayton have now joined a long list of towns and school names that are synonymous with gun violence and mass killings. This weekend I read and reread the closing lines of a 2017 New York Times article entitled, “What...
Thoughts From The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
I had planned a quick trip to Birmingham, Alabama last week to take care of a family matter. Originally, I was scheduled to go down on Thursday afternoon and come back early on Saturday morning. Those plans were altered after the airline tragedy that finally resulted...
Remembering Dr. King’s Views on Poverty
Today would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s ninetieth birthday. In my opinion the three most positive moral figures of the twentieth century were Dr. King, Mother Teresa, and Gandhi. Over the last several years I have been increasingly aware of the impact...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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