February 2018

Poor Health Care

Poor Health Care By Leonard Zwelling https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/us/politics/trump-cheaper-health-insurance.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=sectionfront These are two articles from The New York Times on Tuesday, February 20. I’m depressed. The first talks about how the Trump Administration is trying to convince well people to buy short term health insurance plans that do not contain the minimum benefits of most ObamaCare plans and …

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The Noonan Compromise: Less Death

The Noonan Compromise: Less Death By Leonard Zwelling In her Wall Street Journal column called Declarations, Peggy Noonan, the former Reagan speechwriter, has promoted a host of great ideas. Her latest is one of her best: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-parkland-massacre-and-the-air-we-breathe-1518739880 She was commenting on the carnage in Florida and all the things that have gone wrong in our …

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Choosing Harvard’s New President: MD Anderson Figured It Out First

Choosing Harvard’s New President: MD Anderson Figured It Out First By Leonard Zwelling The new president of Harvard University is Lawrence S. Bacow, the former president of Tufts and a top official at MIT. He now is on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. In the article in the NY Times, notice …

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