Published under ‘life’
Washington Post: Women really are better doctors, study suggests
Published under Family, Health, Introspection Jan 03, 2017The medical profession, like many others, undervalues women and obsesses about making women work full time and carry the same burden as men. Yet, as this article shows, there is a ton of value in respecting the role of women in the medical profession. There is also a ton of value to society to not [...]
How unconventional thinking transformed a war-torn Colombia
Published under Introspection Dec 29, 2016Boston Globe: Finding Love in the Unlikeliest of Places By Eric Moskowitz WRENTHAM — Even by the standards of jury-assembly rooms, the basement space at Wrentham District Court is grim, calling to mind a driver’s ed classroom or maybe an interrogation den, with exposed pipes, stained carpeting, and bleak lighting. Suffice it to say, it [...]
KIND People Grand Prize Winner is Doniece Sandoval of Lave Mae
Published under Introspection Dec 12, 2016Doniece Sandoval repurposes transportation buses into showers & toilets on wheels, and through her organization Lava Mae, she provides mobile showers and other services to San Francisco’s homeless. Doniece demonstrates what she calls ‘Radical Hospitality’, explaining that “the way that you serve people is as important as the service itself.” I couldn’t agree more, and [...]
“Know what’s important to you and protect it at all costs.” – SEAL living with Jesse Itzler in Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet.
ThinkProgress will no longer describe racists as ‘alt-right’
Published under Introspection Nov 28, 2016You can learn everything you need to know about the “alt-right” by looking at the man who popularized its name. Credit goes to Richard Spencer, head of the white supremacist National Policy Institute (NPI), and one of the country’s leading contemporary advocates of ideological racism. The weekend before Thanksgiving, Spencer keynoted an NPI conference in [...]