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Much of America was well aware of the danger of electing Donald Trump as president prior to his victories in 2016 and 2024. We expected the worst and he delivered, being even more outrageous and out of control than we could have envisioned, particularly throughout the first weeks of his ...

OP-ED: How can a band director run a hospital?

When I became CEO of a hospital in the same area where I had been a school band director, the question that I heard most often was “How can a band director run a hospital?” Sometimes that question was from genuine curiosity, other times it felt like a mixture of horror and disbelief. I ...

Have you ever looked at the beach and wondered how many grains of sand there are? That can be mind-boggling to think about. Scientists estimate that, depending on the grain size and density, a single cubic yard of sand might have billions of grains. ThatĢƵ a lot of sand—and thatĢƵ ...

If I could give my younger self advice, what would I say? This question often comes up when we reflect on our lives. As a parent and grandparent, I have thought a lot about the advice I would give to make things easier for the next generation. But even as I share my insights, I realize that ...

OP-ED: We have too much stuff

"Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” –Epicurus Following an excess of holiday giving and receiving, many of us make New YearĢƵ resolutions to tidy up the house and to discard what we no longer need. We also make solemn promises to organize all of our ...