Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - Updated Daily
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - Updated Daily
The title may jog memories for some readers. During the 1992 election cycle, advisor to then candidate Bill Clinton, James Carville, (running against George H.W. Bush) used the phrase for campaign workers as a charge…
After a few days of mid-summer weather (90s, humid), my calendar says fall is right around the corner, even if the weather doesn’t. I love fall. It’s my favorite time of year. Living in the…
Happy Hump Day! Another Wednesday with news too heavy to ignore. I’ll try to return to some levity and light in future Wednesday features. For a number of years, CMS has been playing with developing…
Usually I try to add some “light and levity” to my Wednesday features as the content on this site is pretty heavy health policy and economics, regulatory in nature, etc. In my work, my usual…
There is an age-old adage that laughter is the best medicine. I concur. We as a society, have lost our sense of humor (and our collective common sense). We take everything too seriously. No wonder…
Last week, in a message from LeadingAge President, Katie Smith Sloan, she wrote about the epidemic of loneliness. Her words reflected on how leaders are prone to loneliness and how the same concept or concepts…
Every once in a while, something sends me down memory lane. The other evening while sitting on the porch with my wife, she mentioned, “remember when, during the late news, a public service announcement would…
This past Monday, I played golf in a charity event, the proceeds of which, went to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. The event, however, wasn’t sponsored or produced by Children’s Hospital. The event, now twenty-three years…
There is an old saying that goes like this: “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” That is a succinct definition for relentless incrementalism. Doing the hard stuff in life is…
Happy Hump Day! Within less than a week, America’s most significant holiday will occur – Independence Day. Celebrated on July 4th, this day commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the assembled U.S….
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