I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.

The model of the teaching hospital, which links research to teaching and service is what's missing in global health.

WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separates us from roaches

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

I'm not an austere person.

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically.

There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives