With the possible exception of cosmetic plastic surgery and dermatology, the world of medicine involves managing imperfection rather than aspiring to perfection, staving off the pathology of illness and death as long as possible, not worshiping a transcendent ideal. We doctors know too much to worship a perfect body. The …
Read More »The US, not China, should take the lead on AI
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) should be used as “tools of opportunity, not as weapons of oppression,” President Bidenremarked recently. He’s right. But this exhortation makes his subsequent vow to work directly with “our competitors” to harness the power of AI “for good” all the more curious. Working with …
Read More »After 20 successful years, HSAs in need of modernization
Twenty years ago this December, President George W. Bush signed the bipartisan Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. In addition to creating the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, the bill created the Health Savings Account (HSA). Health Savings Accounts are sometimes criticized as being a tool …
Read More »Giving thanks for Rosalynn Carter who bettered the lives of millions here and around the world
In December 1976, Rosalynn Carter and I sat in the elegantly furnished drawing room of Blair House: “I need to create a new office to help me with my projects as first lady,” she told me. Thus began my almost 50-year relationship with a remarkable woman who devoted her life …
Read More »Team Biden is clueless about protecting America in an increasingly dangerous world
The warm embrace of Xi Jinping on our soil – withrowsof Chinese flags lining American streets and nearly every detail highlychoregraphedto avoid offending the Communist dictator during his visit to San Francisco earlier this month – is a fitting metaphor for the Biden administration’s failure to protect the homeland. While …
Read More »Republicans can win on abortion if pro-lifers tell their stories
Republicans and pro-lifers are in a bind. Republicans have lost several winnable elections since the Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade, with many voters citing abortion as the reason – but the Grand Old Party cannot drop the pro-life cause if it still wants to win nationally. Meanwhile, pro-lifers must …
Read More »I’m a doctor living with diabetes and I learned 3 key points about the disease and mental health
Diabetes is one of today’s greatest healthcare challenges, affecting men, women and children of all ages. Managing diabetes is a full-time job without any breaks – each day is filled with decisions about how food, medications, and exercise will impact glucose control. In addition to the physical demands, there is …
Read More »Liberal lackeys steer clear of suppressing social media speech and legacy media grieves
Inside the silo of the “legacy media,” they are alarmed that left-tilting government bureaucrats are being discouraged from telling social media platforms what speech they should suppress … in the name of “democracy.” In 2020, these platforms crushed damaging stories about Hunter Biden and “conspiracy theories” about COVID emerging from …
Read More »The night my son, 'Chosen' creator Dallas Jenkins, told me he wanted a new dad
My wife’s and my eldest son, Dallas Jenkins, grew up to become the creator, director, and co-writer of the international hit TV series “The Chosen.” We should have known he would become a filmmaker when he was six years old after hearing him lecture a “Star Wars” action figure. He …
Read More »Biden just imposed the largest fine ever on a Christian college
In its latest assault on institutions that fail to adhere to its ideological bent, the Biden administration just imposed the largest fine in the history of the U.S. Department of Education on Grand Canyon University (GCU) — a school whose motto is “private, Christian, and affordable.” And incredibly, the penalty …
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