The Lost Glory Days of General Practice, and a Vision of it's Resurrection

I'm on my family medicine rotation right now.  One of my preceptors is ~80 years old, and went through medical school in the 1960s.  He is still sharp as a tack, and quite possibly the most BAMF-ing family practitioner of all time.  He used to do c-sections, hernia repairs, appendectomies, fracture repairs, and get this- emergency burr holes for subdural hematomas (aka neurosurgery).  He stopped ~1997, mostly because he got tired of his morning cases getting bumped constantly for overnight emergencies and throwing off his schedule for the rest of the day when he had clinic in the afternoon.  He has since moved out to Palm Springs, where he still sees more patients than any of his fellow physicians in the group, still does all his own trigger finger release surgeries and SCC/BCC excisions, and still administers the group.  In addition to all this, he is one of the nicest people I've ever met, beloved by his patients.  He truly epitomizes the fading glory days of family medicine, the ideal of the General Practitioner who could truly do it all.

Why Colleges Fail at Punishing Rapists, and a Radical Idea for Justice

Sexual Assault on campus is problem that has been receiving unprecedented amounts of attention lately.  Just a few days ago, it was announced that 55 colleges are under investigation for failing to adequately handle sexual assault and create a non-discriminatory environment under Title IX, a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in all institutions that receive federal funding.  It is commonly held that 1 in 4 female students will be assaulted during their time in college, though it must be acknowledged that all such statistics are disputed.  Nevertheless, it is increasingly clear that no American college does anything approaching a decent job of punishing rapists and doing justice to survivors.