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The Ozempic Era Grows Up

What the Latest NEJM Review Gets Right, and Glosses Over A Critique and Summary of the GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Review by Clifford J. Rosen and Julie R. Ingelfinger, published in NEJM ON April 2, 2026. The New England Journal of Medicine just published a sweeping review of GLP-1 receptor agonists, the class of drugs behindContinue reading "The Ozempic Era Grows Up"

Update: New Options for Weight Loss

Orforglipron|Wegovy|Retatrutide The landscape of metabolic medicine is shifting beneath our feet. For the last few years, the conversation has been dominated by weekly injections like Zepbound (tirzepatide) and Wegovy (semaglutide). But as we move through 2026, the "second generation" of obesity treatments has arrived, offering more convenience and, in some cases, power that rivals bariatricContinue reading "Update: New Options for Weight Loss"

Remember Amalek

Biblical Scapegoating? In the aftermath of the October 7 attacks, Benjamin Netanyahu invoked a powerful biblical phrase: “Remember what Amalek has done to you.” He later clarified that he was referring to Hamas, not Palestinians as a whole. But the word itself carries a gravity that cannot be easily contained. “Amalek” is not simply anContinue reading "Remember Amalek"

“The Elephant and the Angels”: An Analysis

This essay by John Murray Cuddihy, published in Uncivil Religion: Interreligious Hostility in America (eds. Robert N. Bellah & Frederick E. Greenspahn, Crossroad, 1987), is a provocative sociological and theological critique of what Cuddihy calls "Jewish theodicy", the way Jewish discourse handles the problem of evil, specifically anti-Semitism, and argues that this discourse carries anContinue reading "“The Elephant and the Angels”: An Analysis"

Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Prompting

Chain-of-Thought (CoT) prompting is a technique where asking questions, rather than issuing direct instructions activates a model's full internal reasoning pathway. The key insight from the original framing is that instructions skip steps 1–3, jumping straight to synthesis, while questions force the model to work through the entire reasoning chain. What Chain-of-Thought Actually Is Chain-of-ThoughtContinue reading "Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Prompting"

Our Next Oil Crisis: Should the Middle East Be on Everyone’s Mind?

What's happening right now in the, Middle East isn't just a foreign policy story, it's a personal finance story, and you're one of the main characters. Oil isn't top of mind for most people until it suddenly is. We may be approaching one of those generational moments in the energy industry, where supply shocks rippleContinue reading "Our Next Oil Crisis: Should the Middle East Be on Everyone’s Mind?"

How We Built a Payment System That Undervalues Thinking in Medicine

American medicine did not accidentally drift into its current imbalance between cognitive and procedural care. It was built that way, step by step, over the past 75 years. The American Medical Association played a central role, not as the sole actor, but as the architect of key structures that continue to shape how physicians areContinue reading "How We Built a Payment System That Undervalues Thinking in Medicine"

Supersonic Tsunami: The Next 6 Months

What's Coming, What It Means, and What You Need to Do Peter Diamandis This article is a quintessential example of accelerationist, venture-capitalist forecasting. It accurately maps the mind-bending financial and technological milestones of our current moment (Q1 2026), but it wraps thosev facts in a techno-utopian narrative that completely glosses over the severe friction ofContinue reading "Supersonic Tsunami: The Next 6 Months"