family doc teaching & learning about bodies, communities, ethics, food, art, systems, theology, powers, principalities, etc. also into games & dad jokes.
Sep 9, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I will go ahead and say that if you think arguments about equality and dignity necessitate having to say that all kids are equally capable of doing well in school, then you've bought into the lie that intelligence and academic ability are essential determinants of human dignity.
It's cruel to make people who don't have the innate whatever do a lot of school in order to make a living. (This is one of the reasons I don't like free college proposals.)
Dec 18, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Today we set a record for # of patients seen in our Tumaini Clinic, which serves mental health patients. Some of them were coming for early refills because Christmas is next Friday, but it's an encouraging milestone nonetheless.
The other week we drove an hour and a half to do a home visit with one of our patients. Because some patients travel an hour and a half to see us! It was humbling to be reminded about that.
Aug 19, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
You're probably going to see a lot about this study, so I'm just going to say two things about the methodology now.
1. "Physician race is not coded by the data and is captured from publicly searchable pictures of the physician." They also omitted physicians who are neither black nor white!
Apr 12, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
If you had "First Things asserts the priority of the state over the natural family" on your 2019 Bingo Card, collect your prize: firstthings.com/article/2019/0…
also, it is a little weird that this essay spends about 15% of its length making a case against open borders and 85% of its length making a case that people who are for open borders are liberal sops.
