by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 3, 2023 | Dartmouth Health, DeSantis attacks diversity, Dr. Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Gun Violence, Health in America, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Healthcare's report card, Inclusion, Life Expectancy, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Triple Aim
February 3, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, At 11:31 AM on Tuesday, it was 23 degrees where I live. I was enjoying the almost cloudless sky and bright sunlight. I was out “early” for my walk because the temperature was falling fast. I knew it would be less than...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 20, 2023 | Children in poverty, David Brooks, diseases of despair, Economic inequality, Enlightenment Now, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Lfe expectancy, Manifest Destiny, Martin Luther King Jr, political polarization, Poverty and healthcare, Rutger Bregman and Humankind: A hopeful History, Social Determinants of Health, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life, The Triple Aim, The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Where Do We Go From Here?
January 20, 2023 Dear interested Readers, It Is a Matter of Perspective Most Monday mornings I am on a Zoom call with seven good friends. We are a “book group.” Over a few years, we have been through several books that discuss philosophical, ethical,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 13, 2023 | 118th Congress, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Hakeem Jeffries, Inequality in Healthcare, Kevin McCarthy, Martin Luther King Jr, political polarization, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Putin's war in Ukraine, Racism in America, Republican Control of the House, Selection of the Speaker of the House, Social Determinants of Health, Where Do We Go From Here?
January 13, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Contemplating the Message of Dr. King The years have gone by so fast. 1968 was both yesterday and a lifetime ago. Over the last few years as I have gone deeper and deeper into my understanding of the social...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 30, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, a pink ripple, Biden's Use of Executive Orders, Build Back Better, Children in poverty, COVID uncertainty, Democracy on the Ballot, Economic inequality, Family Health Project, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Illiberalism, Inflation, Joe Knowles, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Roe v. Wade is overturned, Social Determinants of Health, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Trump's legacy court, Universal Basic Income
December 30, 2022 Dear Interested Reader, Looking Back, Looking Forward Janus, the two-faced Roman god, is the god of doorways and beginnings and endings. He also presides over the beginning and end of wars, making him the god of war and peace. Given...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 23, 2022 | a personal testimony, A story from my life, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Healthcare Outcomes, Homelessness and Health, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's housing initiative, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, President Volodymyr Zelensky’, Social Determinants of Health, thin places, workforce issues
December 23, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking of the Homeless at Christmas In 1943 Bing Crosby recorded “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and it was a number-one hit on the charts. To listeners in 1943, the song was sung from the perspective of a...
