The Lessons Just Keep Coming

The Lessons Just Keep Coming

  The president taught me something this week. I was not surprised when I heard that his campaign speech at Mount Rushmore was a dark and divisive presentation. I was very surprised, and a bit supercilious, when I heard that his rath came down on “far left”...
Healthcare Musings For July 3, 2020

Healthcare Musings For July 3, 2020

  July 3, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   A Different Kind of Fourth   One of my most cherished possessions is about fifty feet of 8mm film shot by my father between 1948 and 1950. I found several canisters of developed and undeveloped movie film in a...
We Can Revive the Better Instincts of Our Nature As We Face Our Current Challenges

We Can Revive the Better Instincts of Our Nature As We Face Our Current Challenges

  It feels like we have had a lifetime’s measure of challenging events in the last four months, but it seems much too early to know how things will be different when the “new normal” really arrives. The descriptors of this moment are volatility,...
Healthcare Musings For June 26, 2020

Healthcare Musings For June 26, 2020

  June 26, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Frustrated, Frightened, But Hoping    I have read hundreds of thousands of words about the COVID-19 epidemic. There are several great writers at The Atlantic who have provided excellent reports and analysis,...
If I Don’t Check the Weather It Won’t Rain On My Picnic!

If I Don’t Check the Weather It Won’t Rain On My Picnic!

  What would you think if you heard someone say, “If I don’t check the weather, it won’t rain on my picnic!”? I guess the answer depends on the context. It could be a tongue in cheek joke, or it could be an expression of a very disconnected concept about how...