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- Some Maudlin Thoughts on the 4th of July – A Comment to Steve Schmidt 4 July, 2022
- “Are You Alright?” On Pandemic Death, Isolation, Connection, and Walter Benjamin’s “The Storyteller” 4 May, 2021
- An interview with Lula – The.Ink 9 March, 2021
- American Public Health in the Trump Era – It Wasn’t Just Trump 13 February, 2021
- Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2, 26 November, 2020, 1200 Hrs 26 November, 2020
- An Important Piece from the NYT: A Black Marxist Scholar Wanted to Talk About Race. It Ignited a Fury. 17 August, 2020
- Where and What are We? Re-Posting A Quora Piece, as the Time is RIght 15 August, 2020
- Comment: Problems with Student Health Services 13 July, 2020
- Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2, 7 July, 2020, 1400 Hrs 7 July, 2020
- Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2 18 April, 2020, 0209 Hrs 18 April, 2020
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- Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2 28 March, 2020, 1132 Hrs 30 March, 2020
- Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2 26 March, 2020, 0204 Hrs 26 March, 2020
- Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2 22 March, 2020, 0138 Hrs 26 March, 2020
- Quora Query: Have You Ever Witnessed Hospital Administration Turn Away a Patient that Should have Been Seen Right Away? 12 February, 2020
- CDC Abruptly Cancels Long-Planned Conference on Climate Change and Health 22 January, 2020
- Trump’s budget is a Stealth Health-Care Bill. And it Would Make Americans Sick. 22 January, 2020
- Trumpcare vs. Obamacare: Apocalypse Foretold 22 January, 2020
- Cornel West: America is Spiritually Bankrupt. We Must Fight Back Together 22 January, 2020
- Quora Query: Will Trump Turn Out To be the Best Thing That Happened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? 21 January, 2020
- Quora Query: Does it Really Happen That Doctors Let Their Patients Die Because the Patient’s Family Can Not Provide Money for the Treatment? 21 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What do People Think About the Law in Texas and 31 Other US States that Forces a Pregnant, Brain-Dead Woman, with No Hope of Recovery, to Have Her Functions Supported Against the Written Wishes of the Person Whose Body it is? 21 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What Would the Patient Experience Be Like if You Designed a New Hospital? 21 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What Would a Typical Day be in My Life as an Anesthesiologist? 21 January, 2020
- Quora Query: Why Do Many Americans Think That Healthcare is not a Right for its Own Taxpaying Citizens, and Should it not be Considered as, or More, Important by the American Public Than is Education? 21 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Warm Whole Blood vs. Component Blood Products in Treating Trauma Patients? 19 January, 2020
- Quora Query: When a Hospital “Works Out a Payment Plan” for You to Pay Off a Large Bill Over Several Months, Does the Hospital Charge Interest? 19 January, 2020
- Quora Query: Who Should be in Charge of Administrating a Hospital? 19 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What is One Thing That you Regret Learning in Medical School? 19 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What Percentage of US Health Costs are Spent on Administration? 19 January, 2020
- Quora Query: How Can You Maximize Your Happiness in Life? 19 January, 2020
- Quora Query: Why Do Homeless People Become More Mentally Ill? 19 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What Does “Critical but Grave” Condition Mean? 19 January, 2020
- Quora Query: If I find Someone Shot with an Arrow, Should I pull the Arrow Out? 19 January, 2020
- Quora Query: If Sepsis Requires Immediate Medical Attention, How Does One Live with it for Weeks, Months, and Even Years? 18 January, 2020
- How Did We Get Here? – Violent Authoritarianism or Fascism in America? 17 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What Will it Take for the United States to Acquire Universal Healthcare? 14 January, 2020
- Quora Query: As Someone Who isn’t a Conservative, What Do You Wish All Conservatives Would Start Doing? 14 January, 2020
- Quora Query: How Likely is an Authoritarian State if the US Gets UBI, Universal Healthcare, and Universal College? 14 January, 2020
- Quora Query: Is the UK NHS the Best Healthcare System in Europe? 14 January, 2020
- Quora Query: As a Doctor, What’s the Most Shocking Thing to Transpire While Delivering a Baby? 14 January, 2020
- Quora Query: Why do you believe that people who abuse the healthcare system in the US should be enabled, through not telling them, in no uncertain terms, that their non-emergency issues are just that…non-emergencies? 14 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What are Some Odd Jobs You Had Before Medical School? 14 January, 2020
- Quora Query: How do I donate my body to medical research? Can I choose the institution? Is there some reason I might choose one over the other? I’m in Iowa, USA, by the way. I’m a young 70, but a dear friend recently did this and it seems like a wonderful idea. 14 January, 2020
- Quora Query: Can I Get Into Medical School with an Associates Degree Instead of a Bachelor’s Degree 14 January, 2020
- Quora Query: What can you do if you rack up a huge ER bill, make too much money for assistance, and can’t afford to pay it off in the max 24 months? The lady at hospital said I can pay whatever I can afford but when I called, they said no. 14 January, 2020
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Category Archives: Afghanistan
Quora Query: How Recent Wars Have Changed Trauma Care
Gentle Reader – I was asked to answer this on Quora (www.Quora.com) and thought it might prove of interest. Comments are, as always, requested. AJL =========================================== How will the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan change trauma care – is … Continue reading
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Re: New York Times 26 August, 2009: Records Show Strict Rules for CIA Interrogations
Gentle Reader – This was a letter in response to an article in the NYT. I had hoped to clarify an issue for the authors. They didn’t reply. Oh well. AJL ======================================================== Messers Shane and Mazzetti: I applaud you for your … Continue reading
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