Taiwan: Where The Sound Of Freedom Is Laughter By Leonard Zwelling After having spent a few weeks in a Communist country (Vietnam), and a few days in one still reeling from mass oppression and genocide (Cambodia), it was a breath of fresh air to land in Taiwan, the Republic of China or, as many would […]
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Trump Blinks By Leonard Zwelling There’s no doubt who won this round. It goes to the Speaker proving that she is a match and more for the denizen of the White House, the bloviating Agent Orange. Trump opened the government by signing the three-week extension that came to him from Capitol Hill. Federal employees can
The Bad Good Men Do By Leonard Zwelling When they die, they always say nice things about them. That’s what a eulogy is. It’s a praising of the recently departed. But I have a theory about these dead men. It only applies to men so far. It may well be true of dead women as
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Bag Man By Leonard Zwelling The President of the United States is being threatened with indictment or impeachment. Those around him may be guilty as well. The president has fired many of his former associates. He is being accused of obstruction of justice and the Justice Department is being put in the unenviable position of
2020 By Leonard Zwelling Let’s talk 2020. Oy, already? Yes, already. The Democrats are lining up to run for president including Elizabeth Warren, Joaquin Castro, and others. But let’s cut to the elephant in the room. That would be the GOP elephant named Donald Trump. More than anything else, the 2020 presidential election will be
Wall By Leonard Zwelling On Tuesday evening, January 8, 2019, the President of the United States got on national television to try to convince the American people that an existential crisis exists on the southern border of the United States. That threat, he avers, warrants the construction of some sort of inert barrier between Mexico
The Recurring Problem Of Financial Conflict Of Interest In Academic Medicine By Leonard Zwelling When is it great to be left out of a major article in The New York Times about American cancer centers? When the article is about conflict of interest. As has been the case for months now, the NY Times is
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Climate Change By Leonard Zwelling It was a most unusual Meet the Press on Sunday, December 30, 2018. The host, Chuck Todd, used the hour to address one and only one issue. Climate change. He did so in an unusual way. He did not give equal time to the climate change deniers. He had real
Health Care Is Better In France: Because It’s A Given By Leonard Zwelling Everyone is covered. It’s that simple really. In the above linked article from The New York Times on January 3, Erica Rex describes her experience as a consumer of health care in America, Britain and France. She likes the latter best. She
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The Chinese Dilemma By Leonard Zwelling https://www.wsj.com/articles/tariffs-should-target-chinese-lawlessness-not-the-trade-deficit-11545955628 The problem that faces the United States in its on-going trade war with China is not simply the issue of a trade deficit. Yes, the U.S. imports more from China than China imports from us. But that’s not really the problem as Martin Feldstein, former chairman of the
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