The Doctor Who Remembered
ECONOMY · HEALTH
May 14, 2026
American medicine did not lose
the family doctor by accident.
It built a system that pays
more for movement than memory…
The Brains We Left Behind
LABOR · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
April 28, 2026
For a century, we rewarded one
kind of mind. The next economy
may reward the ones we left
behind…
The Waiting Room
PUBLIC HEALTH · MEDICINE · IMMIGRATION
April 8, 2026
The Emergency That Learned to
Stay
The exam room smells like hand
sanitizer and powdered gloves …
The Therapy Hour
MEDICINE · HEALTH INSURANCE · PUBLIC FINANCE
March 22, 2026
The therapy room is quiet
except for the soft clicking of
a tablet, a steady, mechanical
rhythm that fills the pauses…
The Moving Truck on Middle
Street
HEALTH INSURANCE · PUBLIC HEALTH
March 16, 2026
Why thousands of American
families lose the house long
before they expect to.
The moving truck arrived on
Middle Street in Portsmouth a…
Selling Leukemia at 9:14 p.m.
DRUG POLICY · MEDICINE · HEALTH INSURANCE
February 24, 2026
TUESDAY:
The Strange Economics of Drug
Advertising in the Only Country
That Does It This Way…
Who Keeps the Lights On?
LABOR · IMMIGRATION · HOSPITALS
February 16, 2026
The labor we argue about is the
labor that keeps us alive.
The code blue alarm goes off at
3:17 a.m…
The Heat Stayed
CLIMATE CHANGE · EXTREME WEATHER
January 13, 2026
Urban summers are becoming more
dangerous—and it’s no accident
It seems very strange to think
about urban heat killing people
in July when the wind chill is
in negative numbers. When pipes…
Best-in-World, On Purpose
HEALTH INSURANCE · PUBLIC HEALTH · HOSPITALS
January 7, 2026
A Blueprint for Replacing
America’s Health Care System
With One That Works
It starts the way so many…