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Physician for 50+ years, recently retired cardiology practice. Clinical researcher >50 yrs, still active Senior Consultant/Principal Investigator. Chief Medical Officer/Cofounder of artificial intelligence healthcare company >10 yrs. Columnist. TEDx talk.
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. - The Washington Post
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. - The Washington Post
Opinion | Why Trump’s speech to US military top brass was such a disaster - The Guardian
October 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Opinion | Why Trump’s speech to US military top brass was such a disaster - The Guardian
ICYMI
The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously - The Atlantic
The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously - The Atlantic
September 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
ICYMI
The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously - The Atlantic
The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously - The Atlantic
Humor is funny because there’s a core element of truth in it, otherwise it’s just bad taste with a high “ick” factor. THIS is what is happening to this magnificent country.
Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America - Esquire
Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America - Esquire
August 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Humor is funny because there’s a core element of truth in it, otherwise it’s just bad taste with a high “ick” factor. THIS is what is happening to this magnificent country.
Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America - Esquire
Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America - Esquire
Where America is now as a result of who leads us, and the self serving enablers who have allowed it to happen.
Trump Has No Cards - The Atlantic
Trump Has No Cards - The Atlantic
August 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Where America is now as a result of who leads us, and the self serving enablers who have allowed it to happen.
Trump Has No Cards - The Atlantic
Trump Has No Cards - The Atlantic
This would be somewhat like subjectively picking the winner of an Olympic event based on pulchritude, politics, and not performance...
Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t... via @statnews.com
Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t... via @statnews.com
Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees
A sweeping new executive order seeks to transform how the federal government awards billions of dollars in research grants
www.statnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This would be somewhat like subjectively picking the winner of an Olympic event based on pulchritude, politics, and not performance...
Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t... via @statnews.com
Trump executive order seeks to centralize control of grantmaking under political appointees www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t... via @statnews.com
Here’s a hyper caffeinated cup of morning intellectual coffee for you….
The Enshittification of American Power - WIRED
The Enshittification of American Power - WIRED
August 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Here’s a hyper caffeinated cup of morning intellectual coffee for you….
The Enshittification of American Power - WIRED
The Enshittification of American Power - WIRED
If not exactly a light at the end of an otherwise bleakly dark tunnel, perhaps at least a glimmer. Perhaps not all of the GOP are invertebrates...
Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n... via @statnews.com
Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n... via @statnews.com
Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut
Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday
www.statnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If not exactly a light at the end of an otherwise bleakly dark tunnel, perhaps at least a glimmer. Perhaps not all of the GOP are invertebrates...
Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n... via @statnews.com
Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n... via @statnews.com
It takes courage and principles to speak truth to power, especially when that power is being used to obfuscate and distract.
Ex-CIA agent hits back at Tulsi Gabbard after she accused Obama of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ against Trump - The Guardian
Ex-CIA agent hits back at Tulsi Gabbard after she accused Obama of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ against Trump - The Guardian
July 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It takes courage and principles to speak truth to power, especially when that power is being used to obfuscate and distract.
Ex-CIA agent hits back at Tulsi Gabbard after she accused Obama of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ against Trump - The Guardian
Ex-CIA agent hits back at Tulsi Gabbard after she accused Obama of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ against Trump - The Guardian
History is rhyming again…will America listen?
History Warns us About the Dangers of Trump's Brain Drain - TIME
History Warns us About the Dangers of Trump's Brain Drain - TIME
July 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
History is rhyming again…will America listen?
History Warns us About the Dangers of Trump's Brain Drain - TIME
History Warns us About the Dangers of Trump's Brain Drain - TIME
The interplay between ignorance and ego makes this one of humankind’s most dangerous existential moments.
What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Nuclear War - The Atlantic
What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Nuclear War - The Atlantic
July 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The interplay between ignorance and ego makes this one of humankind’s most dangerous existential moments.
What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Nuclear War - The Atlantic
What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Nuclear War - The Atlantic
Rupert Murdoch May Want to Stay Away from Open Windows
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open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
Rupert Murdoch May Want to Stay Away from Open Windows
The Wall Street Journal's Epstein scoops signal that Murdoch believes Trump has outlived his usefulness. But the media mogul should probably watch his back.
open.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Rupert Murdoch May Want to Stay Away from Open Windows
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
Basically, if one is truly innocent, one would likely want all evidence out to vindicate oneself. If one is not innocent & knows it, obfuscation, diversion, & flat out prevarication may be the game plan plus delay & deny…
Trump’s Epstein Denials Are Ever So Slightly Unconvincing - The Atlantic
Trump’s Epstein Denials Are Ever So Slightly Unconvincing - The Atlantic
July 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Basically, if one is truly innocent, one would likely want all evidence out to vindicate oneself. If one is not innocent & knows it, obfuscation, diversion, & flat out prevarication may be the game plan plus delay & deny…
Trump’s Epstein Denials Are Ever So Slightly Unconvincing - The Atlantic
Trump’s Epstein Denials Are Ever So Slightly Unconvincing - The Atlantic
I’ve written on this topic before, but it’s somehow scarier when the subject appears in the WSJ
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
America’s Brain Drain Could Become the World’s Brain Gain
Research-funding cuts and immigration changes threaten some of America’s economic advantages.
www.wsj.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’ve written on this topic before, but it’s somehow scarier when the subject appears in the WSJ
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Research is collaborative & ideally without borders. COVID showed us international data sharing & accelerated its management. Short-sighted politics disrupts scientific progress again.
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h...
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h...
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Research is collaborative & ideally without borders. COVID showed us international data sharing & accelerated its management. Short-sighted politics disrupts scientific progress again.
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h...
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h...
Diseases, especially infectious ones, don’t care about politics or bank accounts. Making decisions about healthcare policy based on political ideology, or worse, profound ignorance, is irresponsible. If only RFK Jr. cared.
Opinion | This could be RFK Jr.’s most costly mistake - The Washington Post
Opinion | This could be RFK Jr.’s most costly mistake - The Washington Post
June 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Diseases, especially infectious ones, don’t care about politics or bank accounts. Making decisions about healthcare policy based on political ideology, or worse, profound ignorance, is irresponsible. If only RFK Jr. cared.
Opinion | This could be RFK Jr.’s most costly mistake - The Washington Post
Opinion | This could be RFK Jr.’s most costly mistake - The Washington Post
Do not be provoked, but do not stand by. Democracy is a fragile construct because it’s an idea. It is truly up to We The People to ensure its survival.
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open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The Coward Goes to War Against America
Trump wants Americans to turn violent. We will be steadfast.
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Do not be provoked, but do not stand by. Democracy is a fragile construct because it’s an idea. It is truly up to We The People to ensure its survival.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Once again, Fiona Hill provides clarity in confusing and seemingly opaque times. The title of the article does it disservice. The pearls are in the content.
Fiona Hill: Trump is terrified of Putin, I’ve seen it first hand - The Telegraph
Fiona Hill: Trump is terrified of Putin, I’ve seen it first hand - The Telegraph
May 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Once again, Fiona Hill provides clarity in confusing and seemingly opaque times. The title of the article does it disservice. The pearls are in the content.
Fiona Hill: Trump is terrified of Putin, I’ve seen it first hand - The Telegraph
Fiona Hill: Trump is terrified of Putin, I’ve seen it first hand - The Telegraph
Reposted
I generally do not recommend reading YouTube comments if you want to live a sane and happy life.
But I continue to be fascinated with the comments on Pete Buttigieg's Flagrant interview:
But I continue to be fascinated with the comments on Pete Buttigieg's Flagrant interview:
April 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I generally do not recommend reading YouTube comments if you want to live a sane and happy life.
But I continue to be fascinated with the comments on Pete Buttigieg's Flagrant interview:
But I continue to be fascinated with the comments on Pete Buttigieg's Flagrant interview:
Just reposting ICYMI
Trump’s second term will be the worst presidential term ever
Trump’s second term will be the worst presidential term ever
April 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just reposting ICYMI
Trump’s second term will be the worst presidential term ever
Trump’s second term will be the worst presidential term ever
Which Past Fascist Does Trump Most Resemble? The Incompetent One. newrepublic.com/article/1940... via @newrepublic.com
Which Past Fascist Does Trump Most Resemble? The Incompetent One.
Donald Trump’s narcissism bears a striking resemblance to Benito Mussolini’s. Which does not bode well.
newrepublic.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Which Past Fascist Does Trump Most Resemble? The Incompetent One. newrepublic.com/article/1940... via @newrepublic.com