Evolving Role of Private Industry Both Entices and Unsettles Seniors This column is part of a series on CareMount / Optum and wider local healthcare issues. Sometimes when you write a column – hopefully most of the time – you
Read MoreRoot Cause of Misinformation Age: Platforms More Than People Before I dive into this column, I just want to be clear that weekday trips to fancy Manhattan buildings, where I meet media bigwigs and thought leaders from academia, are many
Read MoreIs it just me, or did this first half of January zip by incredibly fast? A second ago we were ringing in the new year, and all of a sudden 2023 is already taking early shape. New York State Gov.
Read MoreThis piece is part of a series about Optum/CareMount and local healthcare. It was Dec. 4, 2020, and 264 CareMount shareholders — the healthcare group’s doctors — awoke that morning to a potentially exciting, enriching, and career-altering day they hoped
Read MoreIt’s an unusually litigious type of week in local news, and I felt compelled to return with a second “things” column. First off, reporter Abby Luby did a terrific job covering an important legal issue developing in Putnam Valley. You need an Examiner
Read MoreThe following story is a sample from our Examiner+ bonus content newsletter First off, thanks for all of your outreach commenting on yesterday’s “Stone’s Throw” column where I interviewed the ChatGPT chatbot. It feels sort of like the existence-disrupting moment
Read MoreI tend to be a late adapter with technology. Usually, I like to think/hope the latest thing is a passing fad, or an obnoxious invasion, and resist its omnipresence for, say, three to five years longer than makes any practical
Read MoreYou’re reading a sample from the Examiner+ newsletter. It’s always been important to us to try and publish a little something for everyone. So if we couldn’t interest you with community news, or editorials, or obits, or police blotters, or
Read MoreIn a world where technology has wrought so much discord — I’m looking at you first, Twitter! — it’s sometimes too easy to lose focus on the incredible progress human invention and scientific advancement can also deliver. So I’m totally
Read MoreYou’re reading a sample from the Examiner+ newsletter. One really cool thing about publishing community newspapers in this area is the vast talent pool that exists of local experts on all manner of topics, many of whom are eager to
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