Posts by Kim Krawiec

Via Rolling Stone: David Geffen‘s estranged husband, Donovan Michaels, is suing the billionaire music and movie mogul with claims Geffen promised to provide “lifelong” financial support to Michaels but then…

A silver lining in the UVA presidential debacle. Paul Mahoney is an excellent choice[image or embed] — Kim Krawiec (@kimkrawiec.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM

From Al Roth’s Market Design Blog: In March, JAMA publishing a rather unconvincing but passionate attack on a modest proposal to incentivize non-directed kidney donors. The editors presumably received many…

From the FT:   British restaurants are adapting to a rise in early dinner reservations by offering steep discounts and changing staff hours, as more health-conscious customers opt for early…

The Duke Chronicle has the story of Duke Medicine’s response to the massive cuts to federal funding that are impacting science and medicine: Set to go in effect in 2026,…

The New York Times had a recent story on organ donation that generated a lot of discussion on social media: But in recent years, as the system has pushed to…

The MIT Technology Review has an interesting history of what are often referred to as three-parent babies, though many scientists consider that term misleading. From the article: The first were…

The states’ move to legalize marijuana in various forms is interesting, in part, because it presents so many novel regulatory questions. Legalization is only part of the equation, as discussed…

I've concluded my recap of organ donation on the Taboo Trades podcast. I think it has really highlighted how many wonderful researchers and thinkers on this topic we’ve managed to…

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is…