Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

BROWN Funeral services for the late Patricia Jean Brown – 61 were held August 3rd at McWhite’’s Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: Forest Lawn Central. ORANGE Funeral…

BROWN Funeral services for the late Terry Shurod “Rod” Brown, Sr. – 36 were held August 3rd at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Thomas…

Imagine for a moment that political discussions can assume the same evidence-based knowledge as active components in decision making as treatment pathways do when responding to illness and disease. The impact of care is studied out of a need for protecting and preserving quality of life. Politics should also serve these same ends, but, indeed, politics carries a burden healthcare does not: different values. Forgetting that there are legitimate differences in values—like I prioritize equality over security or others prioritize fiscal responsibility over freedom–let’s briefly return to the idea of truth as a foundation for politics and policy.