by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 13, 2024 | Arlie Russell Hochschild, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", J.D. Vance, John McCain, Jonathan Haidt, Matthew Desmond, Politics and Healthcare, Repeal and Replace, Social Determinants of Health, Taylor Swift, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Harris-Trump Debate
September 13, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On Childless Cat Ladies and Illeagal Immigrants Consuming Pets As 9 PM on Tuesday evening approached, I could feel myself getting more and more tense. There were big questions. Would Vice President...
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 10, 2020 | ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Conservative Values, Costs, Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All Plan, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Jonathan Haidt, Liberal Values, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, political polarization, Universal Access
10 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Do We Need To Better Understanding How Our Values Vary Before We Can Reform Healthcare? I am always excited when I see an interesting article in the “Perspective Section” of the New England Journal of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 26, 2019 | Active Listening, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Conservative Values, Dialog Across the Divide, Jonathan Haidt, Progressive Values, The Challenges of Thanksgiving conversations
Family dinners are much of the “glue” that holds my family together. The picture in today’s header was not taken at a Thanksgiving gathering but it is an excellent representation of the many gatherings around my mother’s table that I cherish in memory. This...
