Courage to Change

Arlington National Cemetery – 400,000 tombstones.  Rows and rows of tombstones.  It’s daunting, they just go on and on.  It is so difficult to imagine that 400,000 people, heroes and their spouses, are buried here.   There are so many tombstones.  From the top of the hill at Arlington House, in almost every direction, the endless rows of white can be seen.  440,000 is the number of Americans who die as a result of medical harm – every year.  They could fill Arlington National Cemetery – each year!   They did not sign on to do something with the understanding that medical harm was an accepted risk.  440,000.

We need to work together to change this.  We should think about the words of Robert Kennedy, found on the wall of his memorial at Arlington.   Although they were spoken… Continue reading →