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ItĢƵ time to clean up our food

At my current height and weight, I am overweight. If I gain 10 more pounds, my Body Mass Index (BMI) will reach the big 3-0. That would place me in the obese category. Since the 1990s, life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen behind other developed nations. This decrease in life expectancy is due ...

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 ...

OP-ED: Our small, extraordinary place in the universe

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 ...

OP-ED: Reflections on the wisdom of experience: A message to my younger self

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: What will Oz and Kennedy bring to health care?

Before transitioning from music to health care, as a student, we learned about the works of composers like Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and Bela Bartok. These men contributed uniquely to the evolving musical landscape with their creative works. Schoenberg, for example, revolutionized ...