Reflections on Graduations and Fathers’ Day
On Friday, June 19, our younger son graduated from high school. As I listened to the various speakers and the roll call, I thought back to my own high school graduation in 1966
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Why Health Care Costs Are Hard To Reduce And What To Do About Them
In the Saturday-Sunday Wall Street Journal, for June 20, there is a lengthy article entitled “The Myth of Prevention,” by Dr. Abraham Verghese of Stanford University. [https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204005504574235751720822322.html]
How Business Executives Must Engage With Government
At a time when businesses are trying to reduce costs to continue to be profitable when revenues are either declining or flat, it is tempting to reduce spending on government advocacy, especially if
The Causes Of Overeating And Solutions For Them
I recently read the wonderful new book by Dr. David Kessler, [https://www.theendofovereatingbook.com/]The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. [https://www.theendofovereatingbook.com/] This book, along
Why Evidence-Based Medicine Is Insufficient To Drive Lower Health Care Costs
At a recent workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine [https://www.iom.edu/CMS/28312/RT-EBM/65120.aspx], Dr. Elliott Fisher of the Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice [https:
How Do Ceos Matter?
The June, 2009, issue ofThe Atlantic Monthly [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/06/do-ceos-matter/307437/] had a provocative article entitled “Do CEOs Matter?” [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/06/