Word: reductionism
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The next day at Saddleback's Sunday services, Warren tried to reclaim his postpartisan reputation, telling his congregants that he would not endorse a presidential candidate nor tell anyone whom he was going to vote for. But that same day, he gave an interview to Naomi Schaeffer Riley of the...
The ability to hire street workers with criminal backgrounds will hopefully bring a new and exciting energy to the street worker program. In the 1990s, after Boston suffered a high of 151 murders in a year, an initiative similar to StreetSafe Boston was able to achieve a glorious reduction in...
By reaching out to evangelicals on these broader economic and social issues, secular liberals can create a much larger coalition behind a progressive agenda, and evangelicals can feel like they are not compromising the Biblical roots of their faith. In doing so, they should follow the example set by Edward...
That's quite different from the initial federal response to Pronovost's lists. In 2003 Pronovost persuaded the state of Michigan to use three of his checklists in its intensive-care units. He worked with hospitals to overcome resistance from the staff to what appeared to be "more paperwork." He...
Although having the checklist on hand improved compliance by surgical teams - 57% of the teams involved in the study carried out all six checklist items, up from 34% before the study began - there were many teams that did not adhere completely to the list. That's why Dr. Peter Pronovost...