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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The Chaos In DC: It’s One Man’s Mess By Leonard Zwelling https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-isnt-as-good-as-his-word-11545690232 As he sits alone in the White House over Christmas, stuck there because of the government shutdown over the refusal by Congress to give him money for the border wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for, President Trump can take solace in
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Bangkok: Traffic, Temples, And The Future Of Retail By Leonard Zwelling Bladerunner. That’s all I could think about as the van inched through traffic the likes of which I had never seen. There were electric billboards everywhere in the night sky. They were mini-movies for all kinds of products and other than the displays not
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Cambodia, Angkor Wat, and Tuk Tuks: We Almost Didn’t Make It By Leonard Zwelling Our stay in Viet Nam was coming to a close. We transferred to Saigon’s airport for the one-hour flight to Siem Reap in Cambodia. But we had a major hiccup. Our flight was slated to be Vietnam Air VN 3825, but
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The Tunnels Of Cu Chi: The Holocaust Of Liberation By Leonard Zwelling Would I have ever come to Viet Nam if not for the American War? Doubtful. Yet, after a week here, I have heard little from our various guides about that war. That changed today. It was somber. It was frightening. It was awful.
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Shabbat Saigon By Leonard Zwelling If Hanoi is amazing, Saigon is otherworldly. It’s Paris with motor scooters. Eight million of them in a population of 13.6 million. They all seem to be riding their scooters on the street at once. And traffic lights? Few and just a suggestion anyway. This town is really hopping. Communism?
