The United States pays more for prescription drugs than any other country. That is not a function of better drugs or better care. It is a result of […]
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Art’s Journey to Wisdom Travels the Path of a Public Good
Modern economies reward efficiency, not reflection. Our institutions—schools, platforms, governments—are calibrated to deliver outcomes, track progress, and benchmark success. In this landscape, the arts are often treated as […]
Healthcare / Policy / Rights and Equality
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Why the Next Superpower Will Subsidize Daycare
NYC has one of America’s most watched mayoral races ongoing. Perhaps the most surprising issue dominating headlines is not crime or housing. It is childcare. Candidates are proposing […]
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How Measles Came Back to America
It began with a cough. Then a fever. By the time the red rash appeared on Ian Rojas’s neck, the pediatric unit at Dallas Methodist had already started […]
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Who Pays for Dinner?
The House Agriculture Committee just passed a $300 billion proposal that answers one question with brutal clarity: Who pays for dinner in America? The answer is not the […]
Climate / Healthcare / Policy
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Lines on Maps
Maps have always been powerful tools for understanding our world, but with the rise of computational cartography, they are evolving into something even more dynamic and insightful. Computational […]
Education / Healthcare
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Bridging the Gap: How HRSA and Local Initiatives Are Transforming Rural Healthcare
A couple of years ago, I wrote a piece on a comparative analysis of 3 rural health literacy programs. Today, we revisit the topic. The rolling plains of […]
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How the GSA and NIH Cuts Reveal a Dangerous Agenda
For all the talk of making government more efficient, the latest wave of federal staff cuts is less about efficiency and more about something far more insidious: the […]
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Why the U.S. Healthcare System Struggles with Preventative Care
Introduction: The High Cost of Doing Nothing For a country that spends more on healthcare than any other nation on earth, the United States has shockingly little to […]
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Weight-Loss Drug Dilemma
Few medical breakthroughs have captured the public’s imagination or insurance budgets, quite like the new class of weight-loss drugs. Medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, originally developed to treat […]