Essays Without the Noise
These essays are written with one goal in mind: more signal, less noise. Here you will find historical perspective, medical and policy analysis, and measured commentary on the presidency, healthcare, medicine, and public life—written to illuminate rather than inflame.
Iran and the Possibility of a Cold Peace
Iran and the United States have spent nearly half a century locked in distrust, retaliation, sanctions, and war. Yet Iran’s history, the nuclear threat, the Strait of Hormuz, and the poor record of imposed regime change all point toward a more realistic endgame: not friendship, but a verifiable cold peace in which sovereignty is respected, dangerous behavior has consequences, and compliance earns a path back to normal relations.