Jeffrey Flier
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Higginson Professor of Physiology and Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Formerly Dean of HMS.
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David Goldblatt and Breyten Breytenbach condemn “censorship”
Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD, Named Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and NEJM Group
WALTHAM, Mass., June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Massachusetts Medical Society, publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine, today named Eric J. Rubin,...
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Conformity: The Power of Social Influences—A Review
A review of Conformity: The Power of Social Influences by Cass Sunstein, NYU Press, 176 pages (May, 2019) “It’s often a good idea to adopt the practices and beliefs of the people around you. For one thing, the people around you aren’t dead. If you...
Jeffrey Flier
“ If people are unaware of an alternative viewpoint or too scared to share it, then orthodoxy cannot be dislodged.” Conformity: The Power of Social Influences—Review of terrific new book by my colleague @CassSunstein - Quillette
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'Chill, Chill, Chill, Chill!': Congressional Hearing Explodes As Witness Trashes Slavery Reparations Bill
A congressional hearing erupted when Quillette writer Coleman Hughes trashed a bill to study slavery reparations as a "moral and political mistake," forcing the chair of the hearing to tell the audience to "chill" several times.
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Coleman Hughes for President! ( tho he’s far too young). Maybe some day!! @coldxman hope to see him at a meeting tomorrow. —- Congressional Hearing Explodes As Witness Trashes Slavery Reparations Bill mediaite.com/news/chill-chi… via
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Unto the Fourth Generation - in Nematodes
An organism is exposed to some new task or stimulus in its environment, and learns a new behavior to deal with it. Does this trait get passed on to its progeny? Of course not. That would be Lamarckianism (or even worse, Lysenkoism), and that's just...
Removing portraits — a mistaken approach to promoting diversity in medicine - The Boston Globe
Display or removal of portraits doesn’t change history or current practice.
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Removing portraits — a mistaken approach to promoting diversity in medicine - my op-ed now up at the Boston Globe. bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/0… via @BostonGlobe
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More than anything else, it was the explicit fear of speaking out against this by faculty at all levels that drove me to write this piece. I felt I had to do this, and that others more vulnerable to false criticism might then speak their minds.
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Ryan Speedo Green: From juvenile delinquency to opera stardom
After a childhood of anger and violence, the 33-year-old now commands the stage around the world
German Boat Captain Faces 20 Years in Italian Jail for Rescuing Migrants at Sea
Trending rights tweets this week: Italy is criminalizing rescues at sea; Sudan shuts down the Internet in the face of protests; the refugee catastrophe Maduro has caused in Venezuela; and a moving new feature highlights the need for Mozambique to...
The presidency’s descent: What we lost over the last four years
Down, down, down on the escalator he went four years ago this day, gliding from the ground floor to the basement of 721 Fifth Ave.Down, down, down, he continues to drag the nation with lies and abuses of power and petty cruelties and indignities,...
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The presidency’s descent: What we lost over the last four years - well stated, New York Daily News
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Bad idea of the year: Constitutional amendment to prohibit flag burning
According to his website, two days ago U.S. Senator Steve Danes of Montana (a Republican, of course) introduced not a law, but a proposal for a Constitutional amendment to allow congress to prohibi…
Dr. Teruko Ishizaka, Who Advanced Allergy Treatment, Dies at 92
She and her husband identified an antibody that triggers wheezing and rashes. Monitoring it can help prevent and remedy allergic reactions.
The New Inequality: The Decline of the Working Class Family
The family has been called “the cornerstone of society” and for good reason. According to studies, children born to married parents are more likely to go to university and less likely to receive government benefits. Children raised in fatherless...
Why are we so pessimistic?
Using insights from three recent books, Wolfgang Fengler provides suggestions for creating more balanced and fact-based news.
From Public Shame to the Courtroom
Gibson’s Bakery, a family-owned business near Oberlin College accused of racism, just won a big payout.
My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley
Shirley Wang's father, Lin, was on a business trip when he ran into NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. It was the beginning of a friendship.
The Unheeded Message of ‘1984’
George Orwell meant his novel to be a warning, not a prediction—and that warning is relevant in new and unsettling ways.
Prof. Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. & Stephanie Robinson: When Harvard stumbles...
This statement by Prof. Ronald Sullivan and Stephanie Robinson is in response to Harvard College's decision not to renew their deanship of Winthrop House. In...
Jeffrey Flier
Strong and convincing statement by Ron Sullivan and Stephanie Robinson in wake of their dismissal as Winthrop House Faculty deans @Harvard. @ProfRonSullivan
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The Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Was Far Along Before Mnuchin Delayed Work
A previously unreleased design concept made by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in late 2016 reveals what a Harriet Tubman $20 bill might look like.
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A Harriet Tubman $20 Bill would make a wonderful statement for our country, and delaying it is a terrible mistake- totally unjustified.
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