Many of us are having a tough time. Perhaps you, too? And, maybe some of you are like me: My basic needs are met, my relationships are satisfying, my health is okay. But, often enough, I become consumed with concern for the future of our planet. I’m one of those who takes scientific findings seriously—although …
It doesn’t seem sustainable to have our present one out of 100 American adults in jails and prisons. Neither is it sustainable to continue to spend $74 billion a year on corrections and employ nearly 800,000 people in the industry. Our reliance on mass incarceration has created a thriving prison economy, but neither the loss …
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This week marks the 153rd anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Each year, thousands gather at the former battlefield. Three years ago, on the 150th anniversary, hundreds of thousands visited for ceremonies, speeches and reenactments. “Lincoln’s timeless words embodied and galvanized us as a nation,” Then Congressman Scott Perry said at a commemorative event, summarizing the …
Most Americans likely agree on these two points: the U.S. healthcare system is broken and its costs are not sustainable. Also, as a country, it seems there are two primary decisions ahead: How much of the national GNP can we afford to spend on healthcare and how do we ration those healthcare dollars once limited? …
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“Those who are inspired by a model other than nature, a mistress above all masters, are laboring in vain,” an axiom first penned about 500 years ago by Leonardo Da Vinci, is often quoted today. Might this notion be the appropriate guide for all our activities–even healthcare? Here are several corollary questions: Whether overall or …
My proposal is to first pour research funding into making reversible vasectomies (such as the intravasal polymer injection or “SMA”) safe, painless and feasible to be performed on all boys at puberty. Once this is achieved, funding would be directed to a drive to make this procedure mandatory on boys worldwide. The desired consequence of …
I’m not usually one to “throw on a wet blanket,” but it doesn’t seem to me that we humans will “save” ourselves, because to do so, we would need to throw out our religious belief systems. In my view, we humans should certainly become more religious in the sense of stressing love, charity, compassion, the golden rule, virtue for its own sake, …