The Beauty of Math and Physics in Nature
I have always loved math and physics, especially when they become obvious in nature.
I have always loved math and physics, especially when they become obvious in nature.
The best way to ensure a Biden Presidential victory is by creating a National Unity Government with a Republican as Vice President.
Three months into retirement there have been some hits and some misses. My mantra remains “It is now our time.”
MAGA politicians and supporters are using fascist propaganda techniques (The Big Lie, The Firehose of Falsehoods) to polarize society and enfeeble our democracy, as others have done in Turkey, Hungary, and many other former democracies. The future of America’s democracy is no longer a forgone conclusion.
As the Supreme Court has violated its uncodified compact with America it is time for America to reassess the Court’s privileged position in our society.
If we hope to improve the healthcare of all Americans we must redirect funding away from the CHIPHIT complex and toward entities that prioritize a high quality, low cost, egalitarian healthcare system.
There are policies which will reduce gun deaths and there is a way to implement these changes, at least for the residents of the Blue States, but it requires us to treat the US Supreme Court as a judicial-political entity.
I have always been intrigued by engagement stories. Mine is notable for “I will call you back,” twice.
Like so many others who are considering or entering retirement, I too am worried that…
Obesity is a disease, it is not a result of a failure of will power. We have good therapies that induce significant weight loss and improve overall health.
Democracy in America is no longer inevitable. Act now. Inaction is tantamount to complicity.
The Resolution to Preserve America’s Democracy is the best way to politically nullify Trump and save America’s democracy even though it circumvents some of our sacrosanct legal principles.
As Sept 2022 polling data finds 51% Democrats and 52% Republicans are “almost certain” to vote, these equations predict GOP will win the House of Representatives by 10-17 seats.
I adopted woodworking as a hobby because it provided a creative outlet and a way to clear my mind from the stress of taking care of patients…
I am honored you trusted me to be your physician and thank you for allowing me to be part of your life.
Hiking the solitude of the Alaskan backcountry induced a moment of cognitive clarity.
Democracy loving Americans should proudly display the American flag in support of the aspirational ideals of the US Constitution.
I want to thank my patients for choosing me to be their physician and for sharing with me the joys and tribulations that life throws at all of us. It was an honor to have been your physician.
Seven weeks before the November 2022 midterm election, President Biden should nominate President Barack Obama as the 10th Justice to the US Supreme Court…
When I was within a few feet of passing on their left they veered in-front of me, forcing me to swerve behind them and to the right, and into the puddle.
America should move Presidents Day to Election Day as a means to increase voter participation and celebrate America’s democracy.
The Republican Party has become ”The Party” in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eight-Four.
Massachusetts needs to debate whether there are “red-lines” which, if crossed by the Federal government or the Supreme Court, will trigger the Commonwealth to alter its relationship with the Federal Government.
The decision to remain unvaccinated inflict avoidable healthcare and economic costs on Massachusetts’ vaccinated residents and economy. It is time to make the unvaccinated pay their fair-share.
A greatly expanded House of Representatives would address Americans’ lack of “social trust” and fix many of the intractable issues which contribute to our dysfunctional Federal government
As a result of sociopolitical trends, technologic innovations, and insights into human behavior, I believe there is a reasonable probability that President Biden will be the last Democrat to occupied the Oval Office for several decades.
Our medical offices are now antiseptic, devoid of educational material and humanity and this adversely impacts a physician’s ability to provide medical care.
The US is progressively falling behind other countries on COVID-19 vaccination rates. My patients tell me the reason is…
Those of us who have obtained the American dream have a moral obligation to use our resources to help make America a country where every child has an equal probability of obtaining the American dream.
All Americans and activist organizations must subjugate their personal and organization’s priorities to the need to ensure America’s democracy survives beyond 2024.
To protect our democracy, Trump must be expeditiously convicted in Federal Court and his conviction affirmed by the Supreme Court. He must then be remanded to prison according to statue.
America must create a mechanism that will prevent the President of the United States from using the big lie propaganda technique before it is too late…
We should begin the process of repairing America’s distrust of the Federal government by changing the composition of the House of Representatives so that each House member had only 40,000 constituents, similar to the Great Compromise of 1787…
To reduce Trump’s influence on America, we must erase his name from the public discourse. Henceforth, substitute #HeWhoMustNotBeNamed when you mean “@realDonaldTrump,” “Donald Trump,” “President Trump,” or “Trump.”
Physicians teach their patients the science they must understand to enable them to make informed healthcare decisions. Is it not also a physician’s responsibility to explain the science underlying public health policy and the connection between political choices, public health policies, and their health and longevity?
America’s democracy now hangs in the balance. We can neither allow the criminals to go unpunished nor should we create a legal process that does further damage our fragile democracy.
Governors of the Blue States should create the “Blue State Domestic Ambassador for the Coronavirus Pandemic” to implement a mutually agreeable, multi-year, Blue State Coronavirus Mitigation Plan predicated on Blue-State ethos.
It’s time that moral America align its pocketbook with her ideals. Let’s make the racists and their co-conspirators literally pay the price…
My hospital has asked its physician to volunteering to take care COVID-19 patients. For many reasons, this request is both problematic and necessary…
The COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the US economic inequity problem and threatens the viability of our healthcare system, a solution…
Invoking “political purity” as a reason to “not vote” is an immoral choice that can only ensure the institutionalization of values you abhor and may be the final nail into democracy’s coffin.
If we can continue to ignore our gentrification problem, our communities will become increasingly economically and socially polarized and politically unstable. One alternative is …
America’s nearly 250 year experiment in democracy is dying. Our system of “check and balances” now exists only in name. Maybe the death of democracy in America can be forestalled or averted if…
If we hope to create a healthcare system that is sustainable and meets the needs of all members of our society…
The Democrats must play the political game according to the rules as the exist, not according the the rules they wish existed…
Physicians are required to prescribe a medication whose risk/benefit ratio they may not be able to fully assess or have never used….
There is only a single political path that has the potential to enshrine democracy in America. A centrist Democratic Presidential nominee is not on that path.
As our capitalism based healthcare system is not fiscally sustainable nor efficient, we need to explore alternative options…
Mr. Biden is a “Hillary v2.0” candidate and as such he will not be able to beat Donald Trump. I thank Mr. Biden for his service to our country, but it is time for him to set aside..
Why do I eat at 9 PM even though I just finished dinner…
We owe it to our children and grandchildren that we leave them a world that is at least a little better than the world we have inherited…
There are no longer any honorable Republican Senators…
If the Supreme Court tilts too far to the right, it may find that several states will begin to ignore its rulings…
America’s great experiment in democracy is in a death spiral…
Pharmacist should be legally mandated to disclose the lowest possible price of a prescription to the patient during every transaction…
Electronic Health Records are the prime cause of physician dissatisfaction with our health care system because these systems were designed to maximize billing revenue and with little regard for the needs of the physician user. Here are 40 suggestions to improve the functionality of EHRs…
Errors and bias (inadvertent and commercial) in the computer code of EHRs can have serious ramifications for the health care system. As the EHR’s programming code is proprietary, there is no opportunity for the health care community to identify and fix these errors. However…
We can continue as a unified and polarized nation which is incapable of addressing the problems that face our society or…
We need Federal legislation to encourage hackers to help society build more secure IT solutions…