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  • Medical Schools Look for Activists, Not Healers

    Medical Schools Look for Activists, Not Healers0

    What qualities should medical schools look for in future doctors? Probably academic excellence, experience in the medical sector, loyalty to medical ethics, and good interpersonal skills. These are all characteristics that future doctors should have, but they’re not what medical schools now emphasize. Medical schools are looking for social justice zealots to advance the diversity,

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  • When Did the Left Become Anti-Health?

    When Did the Left Become Anti-Health?2

    For my entire childhood, my mother made sure our family had home-cooked meals. She investigated what was healthy, and the food on the table reflected her knowledge of what was best for our family. She also encouraged all of us to exercise, get outside, and have habits that promoted our overall well-being. Even as an

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  • Takeaways From This Year’s Tax Season

    Takeaways From This Year’s Tax Season0

    For the last three years I’ve made my way as a freelance writer. I work seven to eight hours every day, seven days a week, and earn enough to remain solvent. I love what I do. Last week, I once again paid my income taxes. My children are all grown, I own no property, and

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  • Choosing Children—Over More Than Just Guns

    Choosing Children—Over More Than Just Guns2

    The spate of recent mass shootings is once again turning us all into experts who wax eloquent on social media. “We can’t have this anymore,” many shout. “It’s time to do something!” “Doing something,” of course, often doubles as code for gun control. But such gun control is right and good, individuals argue, because it

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  • In a World Full of Robots, Humans Wanted

    In a World Full of Robots, Humans Wanted1

    The K-12 district schools I went to while growing up in a Boston suburb look nearly the same today as they did when I attended them in the 1980s and 90s, when they also looked quite similar to how they did when my father attended those same schools in the 1950s and 60s. Sure, there

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  • Indifferent Citizens Are No Better Than the Corrupt Government They Detest

    Indifferent Citizens Are No Better Than the Corrupt Government They Detest5

    It’s not much of a secret that I’m a fan of old movies. Friends have teased me that I know the names of actors and actresses from the 1930s and 1940s better than those on the big screen today—and they’re right, I do! There’s a wholesomeness about the old movies that I love, and although

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