30 Oct, 2023
Mass Shootings and the Hundredth Monkey
Mass Shootings and the Hundredth Monkey by Rob Okun 700 words Another American first. We’re closing in on 600 mass...
30 Oct, 2023
1 Feb, 2023
Goodbye, Tyre
Goodbye, Tyre by Leslie D. Gregory, PA-C 906 words When Tyre Nichols woke up the morning of the last day...
12 Dec, 2022
In a dark time, the eye begins to see: Sandy Hook 10 years later
In a dark time, the eye begins to see: Sandy Hook 10 years later by Rob Okun 730 words Published...
10 Jan, 2022
The Annual American Whitewash
These days is it a mistake to bring up the storied practices of racism in the United States. The identification and labeling of the plain view prejudice and nefarious dog whistles calling back to histories of white privilege nostalgia are frequently met with a strong backlash...
11 Apr, 2021
One small statement from CDC, one giant hope for our humanity
I (Leslie) am a clinician and have been for many years. I’ve been Black for many more years, all my life.
6 Oct, 2020
Why I don’t wish Trump well
I consider myself a caring person who does not like to see suffering in others. That includes human suffering but also extends to other sentient beings and creatures that may or may not experience pain as we understand it.
24 Apr, 2020
COVID-19 from the front lines
“Some of us in the frontlines of health care have been trying to convince CDC to declare racism as a...
9 Apr, 2020
COVID-19 is Manufactured Chaos
“In late December of last year, the Chinese announced an epidemic in Wuhan. The autocratic Chinese government should have made...
19 Mar, 2020
Derelict Leadership on Health Security
“If one event shows both Trump’s flawed character and his ineptitude, it would have to be his handling of the...
29 Feb, 2020
Coronavirus, thanks to Trump
“Trump has tossed open the door to coronavirus coming into the US. Thanks, Dear Leader. The Centers for Disease Control...
19 Sep, 2019
Climate, race, and health
“There are misanthropes who understandably and regrettably express grim satisfaction with the prospects of climate chaos affecting everyone so at...
20 Mar, 2018
Students: Time is Ripe to Add Gender to Gun Debate
“It’s time to listen to the students. Across the country, teenagers have walked out of classes, stood in holy silence,...