| Nov 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedIf you’re poor in America, climate change is your issue. We’ve already seen why. In 2004, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, leaving many thousands displaced and unemployed. In 2017, Hurricane Maria fell upon Puerto Rico, destroying homes and disabling the...
| Aug 27, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedOn a recent night on duty at my hospital, I was called to the room of a 60-year-old patient from Puerto Rico. He had a treatable cancer that had now turned end-stage and metastatic. But he refused medical interventions such as intubation or resuscitation. Upon...
| Oct 26, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyFew people, however unfairly, regard Southwest Ohio as a particularly exhilarating place. But every two to four years, just drawing breath there felt like a rush for a kid drawn to politics. It’s a purplish region of a perennial swing state, which means our...
| Jul 3, 2018 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe news hurts. I can’t handle watching it because it hurts. I can’t deal with seeing Facebook posts about it. I can’t even hear jokes about it from Stephen Colbert. It’s not funny. It just hurts. Sometimes I think it would hurt less if I were...
| Dec 20, 2017 | Environment / HealthThe time has come again for making spirits bright. Whether we’re singing Merry Christmas or Feliz Navidad, the familiar cheer confirms the holiday season has arrived. Yet amid the illumination and ornamented evergreens, an unsettling anticipation looms. It is the...
