by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 17, 2023 | Arlie Russell Hochschild, Biases, Communitarianism, Conservative Values, Economic inequality, Evictions, Featured Post, food Insecurity, Healthcare Outcomes, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Inequality, Life Expectancy, Martin Luther King Jr, Matthew Desmond, Poverty and healthcare, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health
March 17, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Desmond Implies that Progressives and Conservatives Share Some Responsibility for Poverty: What Needs to Change to Improve the Social Determinants of Health? Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Before you drink...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 26, 2022 | A story from my life, Biden's forgiveness of some student loans, Conservative Values, Continuous Improvement, COVID, David Brooks, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Frederick Buechner, Progressive Values, The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life
August 26, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, What is the Story of Your Motivation? As you might have noticed if you are a regular reader of these epistles, I am a fan of David Brooks. That might puzzle you since I wear a liberal to progressive badge, and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 29, 2022 | A story from my life, Activism in Healthcare, Actor-Network, Climate Crisis, Conservative Values, Continuous Improvement, David Brooks, Don Berwick, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Global Warming, Social Determinants of Health, the power of stories, The Triple Aim
July 29, 2022 Dear Interested Reader, Do We Have The Will and Mindset To Improve Our World? My Dad was a theologian who became a minister to earn a living. His sermons were built on his conservative theology and were full of stories. In his sermons, he...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 22, 2022 | A story from my life, American exceptionalism, Azovstal steel factory, Bret Stephens, Conservative Values, Contoocook Carry Community Fund, COVID, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, Featured Post, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Marine LePen, Mariupol, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Remember the Alamo, rural healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
April 22, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Remember the Alamo! Remember Azvostal! Remember The Triple Aim! I became an enthusiastic student of history in the seventh grade. By the eighth grade, I received the DAR medal for being the best student in American...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 18, 2021 | ACA, Conservative Values, Critical Race Theory, culture wars, Economic inequality, Empathy, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Skepticism about the COVID-19 Vaccine, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, Universal Access
June 18, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Juneteenth and a Reconfirmed ACA on One Day Speak Loudly to a Legacy of Poverty and Healthcare Disparities. Early this week, my plan for this letter was built around a review of the history of Juneteenth...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 23, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, a personal testimony, A Promised Land By Barack Obama, ACA, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Conservative Values, David Brooks, Dialog Across the Divide, Economic inequality, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Jonathan Haidt, Marcus Borg, Nicholas Kristof, Polarization in America, Racial Inequality, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, TARP, the filibuster, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, The Triple Aim
One of the most intriguing challenges of the Trump era for me has been to explain his ability to attract the vigorous and loyal support of the religious right and working-class White voters in red states. What has been a puzzling observation of many liberal and...
