Global Health Corps

How can you help improve the quality of health care services for the poor around the world?  Are you interested in improving access to health care for those who currently do not have it?  Are you interested in working abroad?  If your answer to all these questions is yes, then the Global Health Corps could be an attractive…

What is Egypt like?

Egypt has taken over the news as protests have spread throughout the country.  One of Cairo main squares (Midan Tahrir) is the focal point where protesters have been expressing their discontent with current president (and dictator) Hosni Mubarak. What is Egypt like?  Ironically, I just returned from a trip to Egypt less than a month…

Prison

Below are two excerpts from a series of articles in Wilson Quarterly on Prison reform: “With effective programs, we could reduce the number of repeat offenders by nearly 100,000.  We could do even better if these efforts were linked to improved services in teh community upon release.  Such efforts would pay for themselves by reducing…

CoR #123

The 123rd edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at the Notwithstanding Blog.  This ‘high-yield’ edition contains posts on ACOs, FSAs, HSAs, PPACA, and other non-acronym related topics.  You can even find out what insurance not to buy and how  truck operators avoid crashing the top of their vehicle against a rapidly-approaching underpass.