1. Autism Update

For a summary of Lancet journal’s repudiation of a link between the triple vaccine M.M.B. and childhood autism see Gardiner Hararis, “Journal Retracts 1998 Paper Linking Autism to Vaccines,” New York Times, February 3, 2010, p. 9.� That...

Tuesday, 09 February 2010 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

2. Legalizing Medicinal Marijuana Was A Mistake

Today's teenagers seem to be growing up faster than previous generations. Advances in technology have catapulted the use of cell phones and computers from once being solely used as business tools into everyday necessities that define a teen's world.

Monday, 01 February 2010 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

3. If the government can't handle challenge of the H1N1 swine flu, how can it manage health care?

Following and attempting to understand the proposed national health care system overhaul currently working its way through the Congress is like trying to solve a 2,000-clue crossword puzzle: No matter how many blanks I fill in, there's hundreds...

Friday, 20 November 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

4. The Happiest States of America

Recent studies show which states are the happiest (Utah and Hawaii) and which the least happy (Kentucky and West Virginia) which New Jersey leaning more to the former category.  The map below tells all.

Monday, 16 November 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

5. Autism in the United States: A Perspective

The increasing prevailence  of autism in the United States is examined in a major research study.  New Jersey has one of the highest report rates in the nation.  Go here to read more.

Monday, 09 November 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

6. Diabetes - State Legislation Overview

Diabetes is one of the fastest growing disease categories in the United States.  The enclosed is a study of state policy and observancies on the topic.  Go here to learn more.

Monday, 09 November 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

7. The Implications of the Atkins Concept on the Lives of People with Disabilities in Criminal and Civil Courts

The “Atkins Concept”, and its resulting search to clearly define both “Cruel and Unusual Punishment” and the specific definition of the disability that would exclude a group of individuals who have been convicted of capital crimes from Capital Punishment, may have implications regarding the granting or withholding of basic civil rights, and the provision of voluntary or involuntary treatment by civil courts, in addition to its impact on sentencing in criminal courts.

Wednesday, 28 October 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

8. Liar!!!!

During the President’s speech before Congress on Wednesday night, I confess I wasn’t paying too much attention, mostly because I was waiting impatiently to watch America’s Got Talent and to get my fix of cathartic mindless television.

Tuesday, 15 September 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

9. Remarks by the President to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care

Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.  We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per...

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail

10. Medicare Care at Midterm

The battle over universal medicare has turned especially bitter, and probably ended the sham bipartisanship that Obama has pronounced early in his presidency. We are still faced with health care problems we had before the election.

Monday, 24 August 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail