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Jul 3, 2026
Every Fourth of July, just before the fireworks and after the flag-waving has begun, America turns its attention to a spectacle that has all the ingredients of a national ritual: the...
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Jun 2, 2026
The best surgeons I trained with and worked alongside were not necessarily the most daring or dazzling; they understood that brilliance without discipline is just another name for...
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Jun 1, 2026
The best surgeons I trained with and worked alongside were not necessarily the most daring or dazzling; they understood that brilliance without discipline is just another name for...
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May 21, 2026
In theory, middlemen make markets work. They connect confused consumers with complex products, translate jargon, and smooth the path between buyers and sellers. However, Medicare...
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Apr 30, 2026
Our military has long treated the body as an instrument of collective strength, with individual choice yielding to operational necessity. In the shadow of COVID-era tensions,...
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Apr 10, 2026
There’s a moment in every physician’s career when words begin to carry real weight. A casual suggestion shapes a patient’s decision; a tentative opinion influences treatment....
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Apr 3, 2026
Life expectancy has long symbolized human progress, but what happens when that progress slows down or even reverses? Despite decades of medical and social advances, recent data show...
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Mar 31, 2026
If sugar were considered addictive, everyday consumption would be a different issue. In that world, longstanding assumptions about responsibility, risk, and regulation would start to...
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Mar 30, 2026
If sugar were considered addictive, everyday consumption would be a different issue. In that world, longstanding assumptions about responsibility, risk, and regulation would start to...
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Mar 27, 2026
If sugar were considered addictive, everyday consumption would be a different issue. In that world, longstanding assumptions about responsibility, risk, and regulation would start to...
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Mar 13, 2026
Public goods create a peculiar dilemma: everyone likes the benefits, but paying for them is another matter. Economists call this the free-rider problem—people can enjoy protection,...
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Mar 6, 2026
A short newsletter item summarized a new Canadian study into a simple takeaway: toddlers who eat more ultra-processed foods tend to develop more behavioral problems. The statement is...
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Jan 21, 2026
A new social-science paper delivers a surprisingly unsettling result: give dozens of expert teams the same data and the same question, and you get a wide range of answers. Even more...
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Jan 6, 2026
Across four very different stories—Revolutionary-era smallpox, the still-mysterious ignition of the Black Death, a modern measles outbreak shaped by community identity and...
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Jan 5, 2026
Across four very different stories—Revolutionary-era smallpox, the still-mysterious ignition of the Black Death, a modern measles outbreak shaped by community identity and...
Jul 3, 2026Every Fourth of July, just before the fireworks and after the flag-waving has begun, America turns its attention to a spectacle that has all the ingredients of a national ritual: the...
Jun 2, 2026The best surgeons I trained with and worked alongside were not necessarily the most daring or dazzling; they understood that brilliance without discipline is just another name for...
May 21, 2026In theory, middlemen make markets work. They connect confused consumers with complex products, translate jargon, and smooth the path between buyers and sellers. However, Medicare...
Apr 30, 2026Our military has long treated the body as an instrument of collective strength, with individual choice yielding to operational necessity. In the shadow of COVID-era tensions,...
Apr 3, 2026Life expectancy has long symbolized human progress, but what happens when that progress slows down or even reverses? Despite decades of medical and social advances, recent data show...
Mar 31, 2026If sugar were considered addictive, everyday consumption would be a different issue. In that world, longstanding assumptions about responsibility, risk, and regulation would start to...
Mar 13, 2026Public goods create a peculiar dilemma: everyone likes the benefits, but paying for them is another matter. Economists call this the free-rider problem—people can enjoy protection,...
Mar 6, 2026A short newsletter item summarized a new Canadian study into a simple takeaway: toddlers who eat more ultra-processed foods tend to develop more behavioral problems. The statement is...
Jan 21, 2026A new social-science paper delivers a surprisingly unsettling result: give dozens of expert teams the same data and the same question, and you get a wide range of answers. Even more...
Jan 6, 2026Across four very different stories—Revolutionary-era smallpox, the still-mysterious ignition of the Black Death, a modern measles outbreak shaped by community identity and...