Author: Lance Garrison

Over the past few weeks, we’ve gotten a pretty good idea of what Donald Trump would do if given a second chance in the White House. And it is neither exaggeration nor hyperbole to say that it looks an awful lot like a set of proposals meant to give the former president the power and unchecked authority of a strongman.Trump would purge the federal government of as many civil servants as possible. In their place, he would install an army of political and ideological loyalists whose fealty to Trump’s interests would stand far and above their commitment to either the…

The encounter left Mr. Ochs thinking about charity. Helping a stranger had given him a sense of satisfaction, and he wondered if one man’s good feeling might be the basis for a city’s good will. The next year, he sent a reporter to several of the city’s private welfare agencies to collect stories about the poor. Mr. Ochs had a plan: to publish stories about the 100 neediest cases in the city. The appeal would be made not with a direct request for aid money but with the facts of the subjects’ lives. These small chronicles, it turned out, sounded…

By Nicole Creech, as told to Hallie LevineWhen I was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH) at age 36, I was terrified.But then I remembered this wasn’t my first rodeo: I was born with sickle cell disease, and doctors said I wouldn’t live past the age of 15. I was well versed on how to live with an ongoing and potentially deadly condition.I’m 49 now. Here’s my story.A Delayed DiagnosisLike many other people with PH, I went undiagnosed for several years. I had really strange symptoms such as shortness of breath and fatigue that would just come out of nowhere. I’d…

From a prosecutorial perspective, the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of Sam Bankman-Fried for financial fraud has been brutally efficient. His conviction came a year to the day after the public learned that there could be serious problems with the finances at his cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and it generated a wave of public interest and positive press for the department.The U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Damian Williams, earned a victory lap on behalf of his office, and he took it shortly after the conviction — emerging from the courthouse late that night to deliver a warning “to every single fraudster out there…

If you have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), it’s possible to lead an active, productive life. The key is to work closely with a specialist, usually a lung doctor (pulmonologist) or a heart doctor (cardiologist).“The cardiologists who do this have an appreciation for the effect on the lungs, and the pulmonologists who do it have an appreciation for the impact on the heart. There are a lot of wonderful specialists,” says Jamie Garfield, MD, a pulmonologist and associate professor of thoracic medicine and surgery at Temple University.Because PAH is a condition that can get worse over time, it’s important to get…

Does Donald Trump ever visit Queens, the land of his youth? If he did, he would presumably be horrified. According to the census, Queens is the most racially and ethnically diverse county in the continental United States; it’s hard to think of a nationality or culture that isn’t represented there. Immigrants are almost half the borough’s population and more than half its work force.And I think that’s great. When I, say, take a stroll around Jackson Heights I see the essence of America as it was supposed to be, a magnet for people around the world seeking freedom and opportunity…

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare medical condition that’s difficult to diagnose and gets worse with time. To get ahead of this condition, getting a timely diagnosis with specialized care and PAH-specific medications is key. But for most people, getting a proper diagnosis and referral to a pulmonary hypertension care clinic can take up to a year or more. This delay can be far greater for people of color, especially Black and Hispanic people. And this can result in worse outcomes for minorities with PAH. In fact, health databases on PAH show that Black women are more likely to die across…

You need to put politics aside to shrink government budget deficits — or that’s the conventional wisdom, anyway. Heidi Heitkamp disagrees. Heitkamp, who served one term in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from the red state North Dakota, argues that it’s impossible to cut deficits and restrain the growth of the national debt without politics.“To Get Our Fiscal House in Order: Put Politics First” is the title of an essay that Heitkamp wrote for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which focuses on long-term budget challenges. I was given an early look last week at a new collection that includes…

Photo Credit: omgimages / Getty ImagesSOURCES:Chest: “Delay in Recognition of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension,” “Race and Sex Differences in Response to Endothelin Receptor Antagonists for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.”CDC: “Health Disparities.”American Lung Association: “Learn About Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.”Journal of the American Heart Association: “Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Modern Era: Early Insights From the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.”Kingman, M., et al. Increasing Awareness about Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treatment for Nurses. StatPearls Publishing, 2022.Mayo Clinic: “Pulmonary Hypertension.”Charles Vega, MD, clinical professor of family medicine, University of California, Irvine.Stephen C. Mathai, MD, associate professor, The Johns Hopkins Pulmonary Hypertension Program.Frontiers in Aging: “Sex Differences in…

To the Editor:Re “How Are Students Expected to Live Like This on Campuses?,” by Jesse Wegman (Opinion, nytimes.com, Nov. 8):Mr. Wegman is correct that universities cannot live up to their ideals as havens for unfettered debate when their Jewish students feel physically threatened. And he rightly suggests necessary limits on a culture of free speech, including prohibitions on harassment and targeting based on ethnic or religious identity.But it is time for a broader interrogation of the vaunted Chicago Principles he cites, which hold that the only appropriate role for a university is to stay silent on matters of public controversy…