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The process by which the new president of MD Anderson will be chosen is totally governed by the Board of Regents. If the Board wants faculty input, I am sure it can get it. That’s a big if.

The ineptitude of the Pisters’ presidency was widely recognized. How do the Regents do it right this time?

The decisions of the President of MD Anderson can alter many lives–in both good and bad directions. The next big decision by the UT Board of Regents will choose who will be in that position. Let’s hope, this time, the Regents make a better decision than they have the previous two times.

Maybe this time the Regents can get it right.

When the faculty demands integrity from its leaders, the past 25 years of corruption might be put in the rearview mirror, but that is unlikely at MD Anderson today.

AI is an unstoppable force. Our focus ought to be its ethical application to problems and having a national plan for data centers to power the new technology.

In this version of The Odyssey, violent leaders pay for their sins. It’s an apt metaphor for today.

I’ll leave this one to Sean Connery in Brian DePalma’s The Untouchables when discussing taking on the Capone crime syndicate in Chicago. “What are you prepared to do, Mr. Ness?”

Marriage is a partnership of two ever-changing humans who learn to accommodate each other’s self-actualization.

“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” I simply can’t say it any better.

Demonstrations against and persecution of Christians have no place in the Holy Land.

The Democratic Party is in desperate need of new, dynamic, young leadership. Choosing new leadership from the Socialist left wing of the party will doom the Democrats to further defeats in general elections no matter how well the socialists do in primaries.

The U.S. has a long history of people being harmed by snake oil salesmen. Those selling peptides are just the latest iteration of people willing to take the money of others for promises of miracle cures some of which are sure to be harmful.

As a leader, be careful what you promise to accomplish. Promises can easily be broken.

Never believe that only you know the truth, especially when so many are counting on your judgment.

AI will affect everyone. Why not use our collective wisdom to maximize the benefits and minimize the harms?