Category Archives: Medical care in the US

Is “concierge medicine” ethical?

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Naomi

This is what a New York Times reader asked the Times ethicist a few days ago: “Should I Feel Bad About Joining a Concierge Medical Practice? I can afford the membership fee, but I’m torn about the ethics of being part … Continue reading →

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Are you an older adult? With a cardiovascular system? Try this…

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Naomi

…if you can figure it out. Whatever “it” is. From Harper’s July 2025 Findings: Hot water circulating in the pants improves older adults’ cardiovascular health. If you have any ideas how this works, please let me know. Unless it requires … Continue reading →

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Why Trump will fail

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Naomi

Because of the lessons Trump is incapable of gleaning from history. Toward the end of David Kahn’s comprehensive history, Hitler’s Spies, Kahn analyzes why, given “This gigantic, jerry-built apparatus” of Hitler’s intelligence agencies, Hitler lost the war. Kahn specificies how … Continue reading →

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