‘The damage is done’: Why Trump's DEI retreat in court may be too late for many colleges The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...

All those cowards who pre-capitulated now have egg on their faces

Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day

Hmmm. Why would this administration not want people to think about times the federal government failed to respond to a new virus? It would be a shame if this decision caused everyone to talk about that…

Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order High-level discussions, underway for days, have explored a variety of potential military options, people familiar with the matter said.

Trump V Maduro is like (for this Dodger fan) a Giants-Astros World Series…is there any way they can both lose?

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

So, to keep track. As a pediatrician it’s ok to infringe upon my right to provide gender affirming care but it’s not ok to infringe on the rights of religious therapists to provide anti-gender affirming care. Check. Got it. Definitely no Christian nationalist theological hypocrisy to see here.

California Passes Bill Allowing Omission of Patients’ Names From Abortion Pill Bottles

California Passes Bill Allowing Omission of Patients’ Names From Abortion Pill Bottles www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

A great start. We need to do the same for our patients/parents/providers in gender care

As I largely ignore this 4th of July this resonates deeply

Trump Administration Will End L.G.B.T.Q. Suicide Prevention Service

Looks like we will be increasing our monthly donation to the Trevor project. So should you. Sigh

Never thought I’d be donating to a university that rejected me twice yet here we are :-). #GoCrimson!

Superbloom The acclaimed new book from the author of The Shallows, Nicholas Carr’s Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart is a searching, searing exploration of the way social media ha…

Can’t recommend this book enough (he ironically posts on one of the very technologies described in the book…)

Hochul Plans to Impose New Oversight of New York City Amid Adams Scandal Gov. Kathy Hochul intends to create new guardrails for the state to oversee the city’s affairs amid Mayor Eric Adams’s troubling behavior, but she does not plan to remove him at this time.

Democrats: proudly bringing a knife to a gunfight near you since 2016! Sigh. What are we doing here people?

Why the health care industry is letting RFK Jr. cruise to confirmation From drugmakers to doctors, few health care groups are asking senators to block Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming HHS secretary.

Shame on us. The silence of the AMA and AAP and our pre-capitulation (so that in the instance of the AMA we can focus on restoring cuts to physician pay) will forever be a stain on our profession.