Tag Archives: AJ Layon

Quora Query: Can I Get Into Medical School with an Associates Degree Instead of a Bachelor’s Degree

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

One of the issues with medical students in general is NOT that they are too broadly educated, but – just the opposite – too narrowly so. I once, some years ago, entered into a very public argument with our then-University … Continue reading →

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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.

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

Firstly, I’m sorry you have to deal with this. In a rationale and humane society, healthcare is a right. It is funded from general taxes so you would NEVER worry about this. But we live in a neoliberal America – … Continue reading →

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1940 – North Dakota Writers Project Ethnic Files

Posted on 9 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

1940 – ND Writers Project Ethnic Files

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Response to Robert Gebelhoff Editorial – Progressives can’t be trusted with Medicare-for-all

Posted on 3 January, 2019 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Mr. Gebelhoff, an assistant editor and opinions contributor for the Washington Post, published the above-cited piece today, 3 January, 2019. I detail the URL for the piece below, and then detail a brief criticism laying out why … Continue reading →

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From Tel Aviv, Marc Lamont Hill’s Palestine comments don’t sound so wrong to me | Opinion

Posted on 30 November, 2018 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – This piece was published today by AB Gutman, writing for the Philadelphia Enquirer. It is superb. AB gets that either there is justice for all of us, or there is no justice. Read. TEL AVIV, Israel — … Continue reading →

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They Lied, It Really Is That Simple – Viet Nam

Posted on 29 November, 2018 by AJ Layon

“…Even as [President Johnson] resisted JCS requests to intensify the air campaign, he emphasized the ground war in the South. Sending US troops to fight in the South seemed the least expensive course of action [italics mine] in terms of … Continue reading →

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What Can Happen While Our Attention is Elsewhere – Mike Stuchbery

Posted on 12 November, 2018 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – I need to explain a couple of things. Firstly, this started as a Health Blog and continues to be one. Yet as you can see from the Headers of the “Home” page, I define health rather broadly. … Continue reading →

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How Did We Get Here? – Violent Authoritarianism or Fascism in America?

Posted on 5 November, 2018 by AJ Layon

“…Speculations about the future depend upon an accurate analysis of the past…” [1]   Sweeping our country today is a serious menace. One of racism and its brother, anti-Semitism; abuse of refugees and their children; separation of children from parents, … Continue reading →

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A Taste of What We Need To Do: Is “Medicare For All” Enough?

Posted on 9 October, 2018 by AJ Layon

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Gentle Reader – Here are a couple of pieces I wrote rapidly and placed on Twitter recently. I have begun work on a book, directed at my fellow citizens, to discuss these issues. read and comment please! The first part … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Child Policy

Posted on 18 June, 2018 by AJ Layon

Listen to the children cry. THIS is Trump’s policy on children. Put them in Trump Camps. The Nazis and Stalinists did this.

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