October 13, 2024 — We are witnessing quite a number of battles unfolding and harming innocent people in diverse settings. They range from actual wars to political contests to the lucrative business of healthcare. A common thread in all of these situations is shamelessness in pursuing money, power, or both. That shamelessness is especially troubling when it pops up […]
March 13, 2022 — We are getting an eyeful of injustice, cruelty, hubris, and selfishness. It comes to us in examples large and small. On a catastrophic scale, it’s unfolding in Ukraine. In subtler but relentless increments, we see it in pervasive bias against people living with obesity. Dispiriting as all of this is, an antidote is available to […]
December 25, 2017 — Words have power. And today, the powerful word that’s on our mind is vulnerable. Many people today are celebrating the birth a vulnerable baby thousands of years ago. A Banned Word? Last week, political reporters were chattering about a list of words to avoid in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The direction […]
