I was happy to see that my home state, North Carolina, has passed a bipartisan solution to expand Medicaid. Southern states have suffered disproportionately to find solutions for the health insurance crisis, leaving many families to choose between healthcare and paying their bills. The national political divide over the federal funding of Medicaid expansion has left us to ignore the financial, economic, and quality of life benefits from this move. When the leaders of North Carolina stepped back, however, to ask how they might best benefit the people they serve, they saw that many of the challenges that police officers … Continue reading The Right Thing to Do

Pilgrim or a tourist? Two different ways of visiting an unfamiliar place or a different way of life. Both have their place. The pilgrim has a different task. Two ways of living a life, two different ways of seeing others. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2103902/12361125 Continue reading New Podcast “A Pilgrim and a Stranger”