July 1, 2021 New Orleans In the wake of the Surfside, Florida condominium collapse, I’ve been waiting for two shoes to fall. One is the tragic death toll that could soar from a dozen to over one-hundred. The other is the assessment of responsibility, which I feared was collective, no matter how much finger pointing …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Lown Institute’s Shkreli Awards for Health Malpractice
June 30, 2021 New Orleans I’d never heard of the Lown Institute or their Shkreli Awards, but they came to my attention from an unlikely, but welcome, source, The National Geographic, in their recent issue. Maybe I should not have been surprised. The Geographic is no longer the animal and exotic picture book …
Jobless Figures or Propaganda or Both?
Jobless Figures or Propaganda or Both? June 29, 2021 New Orleans A pile of ruby-red states have announced an end to supplemental unemployment benefits. Most of them have not yet gone into effect, but some have. Interestingly, in this silent workers’ strike, observers don’t know what to make of it. Recent articles in the …