• Zeynep Tufekci writes in the NYT re. some of the reasons JFK Jr. is a less than ideal selection for HHS secretary: John F Kennedy Jr. Could Do Almost Limitless Harm

• In his NYT opinion piece Trump Says the Country Is ‘Dying.’ The Data Say Otherwise, Steven Pinker tries to narrow the optimism gap by presenting evidence that the U.S. is really in pretty good shape. Worth a read if only to make yourself feel a little bit better about things…

• Joy of Tech strikes again:  

• Keren Landman M.D. has an excellent story in Vox about what the arrival of private equity interests in the practice of Emergency Medicine has done – and it isn’t good. It’s worth a read –
The profit-obsessed monster destroying American emergency rooms