Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics About Poverty:  A Personal Perspective From Recent Experience

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics About Poverty: A Personal Perspective From Recent Experience

Samuel Langhorne Clemons, a.k.a. MarkTwain, is famous for his ability to express a profound truth in a few pithy words. I frequently am reminded of his wisdom when I try to write. He is famous for saying “I apologize for such a long letter – I didn’t have...
What Could You Do About the Social Determinants of Health?

What Could You Do About the Social Determinants of Health?

Every Monday morning I am part of a small group that meets to discuss a few chapters of a book that we have  been reading together. The books that we read are theological in nature, but related to an ongoing exploration of social justice. As I mentioned a few...
Healthcare Musings For 21st June 2019

Healthcare Musings For 21st June 2019

21 June 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   Critical Choices and Uncommon Courage   I have a new “hero,” guru, and role model. She is Sister Joan Chittister, an 83 year old Benedictine nun. Her latest book, The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage has...
4 June 2019: Improving the Health of the Nation Through The Green New Deal

4 June 2019: Improving the Health of the Nation Through The Green New Deal

Sometimes it feels to me like there are too many balls in the air. Back when I was practicing medicine, a time that is quickly fading from view as I try to use the rearview mirror of memory, I would categorize my colleagues by the way they approached problems as...