“Eric Garner’s Death Highlights America’s Empathy Gap”

Michael Magee, CEO, Mayoral Academies I have been struggling to put into words the range of emotions set off by the death of Eric Garner and others in the recent past. What is there left to say? Then this morning, I read an editorial in the Providence Journal written by my son, Michael, which […]

COSTCO, Adam Smith, and Healing America.

Mike Magee Today, on CNBC, highest cudos went to COSTCO’s, not simply for exceeding expectations with a 7% year-over-year growth, but for having the lowest employee turnover of any major retail business in the United States. COSTCO’s founder was well known for saying he purposefully paid his employees way above a living wage (because it […]

My Father’s 100th Birthday: Why I Love Him.

Mike Magee My father was born on December 5, 1914. Today is his 100th Birthday. And although he died on September 15, 1998, and my mother some three years earlier while caring for him, there is rarely a day that goes by that I do not think of them. What do I love about my […]

Why I Thank Presidents Nixon, Bush(41) and Obama This Thanksgiving Day.

Mike Magee Last evening, the night before Thanksgiving Day, I went to sleep shaking my head. I had just watched the 1974 documentary, “Hearts and Minds”, which documented the behaviors of five American presidents from Eisenhower to Nixon, as they distorted the truth and led our country into a disastrous war. Of the many images […]

Parent Alert: Graco Stollers Recalled Due to Baby Fingertip Amputations

Parent Alert: Baby products giant Graco has recalled 5 million strollers like those above after babies have lost fingertips in the framing. To check whether your stroller is safe, contact Graco Children’s Products at (800) 345-4109 or online at gracobaby.com.

Is The US Prepared For Ebola – Special JAMA Article

A special article in JAMA explores what went wrong in Dallas. It opens this way: “The West African Ebola epidemic is a humanitarian crisis and a threat to international security.1 It is not surprising that isolated cases have emerged in Europe and North America, but a large outbreak in the United States, with its […]

Joint Statement on Ebola – AMA, AHA and ANA

JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION As our nation’s strategy to address the Ebola virus continues to evolve, hospitals and their partners in nursing and medicine are coming together to emphasize that a solution-oriented, collaborative approach to Ebola preparedness is essential to effectively manage care […]

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