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2 months ago | 
pressherald.com | Alan Toth
Was America founded as a Christian nation? What generated the seeds of the American dream and who or what does it serve? Are there beneath-the-surface ideas (like the inevitability of progress through a religion free reason, science and technology) inhabiting our culture and driving us like lemmings over a cliff with no soft landing? Are wealth and power conduits of justice or snares that weaken moral character?
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
engineering.berkeley.edu | Alan Toth
Morning commuters file briskly between rows of waiting trains. The few who attempt to chat with fellow travelers must yell to be heard over the roar of diesel engines. The rest hurry on to their train or through the station, as the stench of exhaust belches out from idling locomotives. This scene is so enduring and familiar that it might describe any rail commute in the United States going back almost a century, but it’s now only a memory at Caltrain’s rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
centralmaine.com | Alan Toth
The Republican Party, in its present makeup, needs to die so that something better can rise from its ashes. Too many of its present “leaders” lack the spine to confront their “MAGA” master’s moral bankruptcy. They’ve feared being “primaried” by Trump clones, which suggests a greater interest in their own reelection than in doing what is good and right for both people and planet.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
pressherald.com | Alan Toth
The Republican Party, in its present makeup, needs to die so that something better can rise from its ashes. Too many of its present “leaders” lack the spine to confront their “MAGA” master’s moral bankruptcy. They’ve feared being “primaried” by Trump clones, which suggests a greater interest in their own reelection than in doing what is good and right for both people and planet.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
scopeblog.stanford.edu | Margarita Gallardo |Mandy Erickson |Alan Toth |Alan TothPublished
Whether she establishes an army of community health workers or helps get a medical complex built -- both if she can do it -- Bongeka Zuma, MD, is determined to provide better care for people in her tiny rural hometown of Nkwezela, South Africa. "There is no world in which I don't help my people," said the recent graduate of the Stanford School of Medicine.
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May 23, 2024 | 
centralmaine.com | Alan Toth
Liberalism’s chickens are coming home to roost and, without serious electoral reforms, our nation is on the edge of losing all hope for renewal. Here’s a brief overview of what’s been driving things toward this sad reality. Attributed to 16th century British philosopher John Locke, liberalism was designed to neutralize opportunistic wars of religion. These peppered the landscape after the Protestant Reformation undermined Catholic based governing authority.
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May 23, 2024 | 
pressherald.com | Alan Toth
Liberalism’s chickens are coming home to roost and, without serious electoral reforms, our nation is on the edge of losing all hope for renewal. Here’s a brief overview of what’s been driving things toward this sad reality. Attributed to 16th century British philosopher John Locke, liberalism was designed to neutralize opportunistic wars of religion. These peppered the landscape after the Protestant Reformation undermined Catholic based governing authority.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
scopeblog.stanford.edu | Anna Marie Yanny |Alan Toth |Emily Moskal |Alan TothPublished
While artificial intelligence chatbots are getting better at mimicking humans, they aren't always developed with medicine in mind. That's why Stanford Medicine doctors and researchers are modifying existing chatbots to perform well in a frontier of AI-enhanced medicine: the doctor-patient interaction. These efforts to help physicians care for patients more efficiently, without compromising accuracy, could help guide how AI enters the doctor's office in the years to come.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
knox.villagesoup.com | Alan Toth
To create an opportunity for electoral reform it will be necessary to vote straight democratic. Democrats are actually governing while Republicans make fun of Biden's occasional stuttering left over from childhood. This is the sad legacy of today's elephant herd. They've demonstrated more fear of a desperate man then of the God they claim to represent. Most people know their Mister T is hoping to inhabit the White House in order to stay out of jail and later build his dream tower in Putin's Moscow.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
scopeblog.stanford.edu | Margarita Gallardo |Hanae Armitage |Alan Toth |Alan TothPublished
In this We Are Stanford Med series, meet individuals who are shaping the future of medicine. They hail from all over the globe and come to Stanford Medicine carrying big ideas and dreams. Brian Smith thinks a lot about the powerful intention of words. As he navigates his second year of medical school at Stanford Medicine, he is continuously drawn to the impact that language and personal interaction wield in the realm of healing and patient care.
