| May 21, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWhen our loved ones join the military, we know that wearing the uniform could cost them their lives. Military family members do all kinds of calculations about the potential price of serving this nation. We run the numbers and wargame the risks; we bargain with God...
| Mar 7, 2011 | Environment / HealthAsk your doctor Where he stands; How often does He wash his hands? The last time our nation assessed the risks of hospitals was in 1999. The Institute of Medicine found that between 44,000 and 98,000 patients died each year from medical mistakes. Around a million...
| Nov 29, 2010 | Environment / HealthIt was just a lone sentence tacked on to the very end of a long New York Times article. The story focused on a recent report from President Obama’s bipartisan commission on reducing the national debt. “Panel Seeks Cuts in Social Security and Higher...