Editor鈥檚 note: This column draws on Dr. Aaron E. Carroll鈥檚 essay, 鈥淭he Bright Spots of American Healthcare: A Beacon of Innovation and Progress,鈥� published in The New York Times on Sept. 5. When people talk to me about health care in the U.S., it鈥檚 usually a conversation filled with ...
During my lifetime, there have been more doomsday predictions than I can count. Religious leaders, cult founders and politicians have been warning, 鈥淭he end is near,鈥� for as long as I鈥檝e been around. I looked 鈥檈m up. Harold Camping had billboards, Marshall Applewhite had his ...
Q. I鈥檓 a first-year student in college. It鈥檚 the college I wanted but now I鈥檓 not so sure. I thought I was ready to be this far from home, but I miss my family. Honestly, I miss everything 鈥� my bedroom, my house, my cat, my friends. I even miss my high school, and I was so excited to ...
Q. I鈥檓 no longer a teen, but I have wonderful memories of you as my teacher. You taught us all so much, starting in middle school, when you empowered us to be comfortable with our changing selves, through senior year, when you facilitated a great game, you called 鈥渙ut of the bubble鈥� that ...
Michael Podhorzer wants you to know that living in a state that values unions is healthier than living in one that doesn't. Writing at Weekend Read in April, Podhorzer said that "those living in states with so-called right-to-work laws, which makes it nearly impossible to organize ...
Last week鈥檚 column on artificial intelligence drew a lot of interest. Here are two responses. Q. As a teacher for over 30 years,10 at the college level, I struggle to find any glimmer of positive in the AI craze. I repeatedly told my students in the last years to write their own papers; when ...
