The Lash of St. Francis Cuts Deep 84 Years Later.

Mike Magee On September 25, 1939, Southern California woke with fear of The Lash of St. Francis or El Cordonazo on the horizon. The term refers to northwestern tracking, cyclone-laden storms that can hit the western shores of Mexico and California most commonly around the Feast of Saint Francis, on October 4th. This one made landfall […]

Tocqueville Warned of Trump. America Wasn’t Listening.

Mike Magee This week, with a fourth indictment come due, a tragic Donald Trump headed back to social media, digging himself into a hole that will eventually lead to some personal hell. But before Donald Trump, there was William Frederick Kohler. He made his appearance on the American stage on February 28, 1995, an historian […]

Why We Need To Hold Bad Lawyers (and Their Law Schools) Accountable.

Mike Magee In 2002, psychologist Emily Pronin and her co-authors, in an article titled, You Don’t Know Me, But I Know You: The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight, laid out the concept of “Naive Realism.” As she explained, “We insist that our ‘outsider perspective’ affords us insights about our peers that they are denied by their […]

Facts Matter And Truth Doesn’t Hurt.

Mike Magee If you wanted to create a motto for the summer of 2023 – one that would stand the test of time from the medical exam rooms of Ohio to the gilded bathrooms of Mar-a-lago – it would have to be Jack Smith’s “Facts matter!” If that is true on a national scale, it […]

“Draining The Sink” On Drug Pricing Will Be Messy Business.

Mike Magee Last week’s New York Times headline said it all: “Drugmakers Are ‘Throwing the Kitchen Sink’ to Halt Medicare Price Negotiations.” It called to mind a story our aging legislators might sooner forget from two decades ago. But how the nation gave away the bank to these corporate characters (which include not only pharma, […]

When It Comes To Water, Weather Matters.

Mike Magee We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one. — Jacques Cousteau When the Simon Pearce restaurant and glass blowing studio flooded on the banks of the Quiche Dam in Vermont during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, it was supposed to be the result of a once in a century […]

Justice Roberts Foresaw The Ensnarement of Health Professionals By Alito’s Radicalism.

Mike Magee We all need affirmation and encouragement. That is why I was so grateful to receive a range of positive feedback on Hcom’s recent focus on the role of health professional oaths in supporting the foundations of democracy. One global health care leader wrote, “Thank you for your message and all the lovely pieces […]

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