Opposing “Obamacare” Is Political Suicide For Downstream Republicans.

Mike Magee Despite Trump’s recent renewed pledge to once again take on Obamacare, most Republican leaders understand that opposing the increasingly popular program is political suicide. Experts have repeatedly advised the opposite, as we move slowly and incrementally toward “universalism in conjunction with simple source funding,” A brief summary of the past history helps refresh […]

“Silence Is So Accurate” In A Hyperkinetic AI World.

Mike Magee “I mean, people keep saying in these troubled moments, in these troubled moments. It seems like we’re always in a troubled moment, perhaps this one even more so than usual…But the artwork is a great conduit to feeling that renewed hope for what the human being is capable of.” Those were the words […]

Don’t Panic. This Is Democracy.

Mike Magee Shock and dismay were once again in the air this week as Donald Trump did his best to be thrown out of the courtroom in New York City during his unrequested attendance at his second Jean Carroll libel trial. But as an engaged citizen, I thank the former President for crash testing our […]

Does AI Spell The Demise of Relationship Based Health Care?

Mike Magee “What exactly does it mean to augment clinical judgement…?” That’s the question that Stanford Law professor, Michelle Mello, asked in the second paragraph of a May, 2023 article in JAMA exploring the medical legal boundaries of large language model (LLM) generative AI. This cogent question triggered unease among the nation’s academic and clinical […]

Trump is Mentally Ill. Say It Out Loud.

Sunday Op-Ed: Mike Magee With the January 23rd New Hampshire primary in the rear view mirror, and the SC Republican primary February 24th primary fast approaching, a tragic Donald Trump continues to dig himself into a hole that will eventually lead to some personal hell. I think we are at a point where Trump’s mental […]

Another Turn of the 25th Amendment – And Still Not The Answer For Trump’s Mental Illness.

Mike Magee On May 16, 2017 New York Times conservative columnist, Russ Douthat, wrote “The 25th Amendment Solution for Removing Trump.” That column was the starting point for a Spring course I taught on the 25th Amendment at the President’s College in Hartford, CT. I will not summarize the entire course here, but would like […]