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Crossword Puzzles

  • Ophthalmic Puzzle #3 (11/22/2019)
  • Ophthalmic Crossword 2 (12/6/2019)
  • Ophthalmic Puzzle #1 (12/7/2019)
  • Ophthalmic Crossword #4 (4/16/2020)
  • Connecticut Hospital Crossword (4/16/2020)
  • Ophthalmic Crossword #5 (4/16/2020)
  • Ophthalmic Crossword – Refractive Errors (9/13/2022)
  • Ophthalmic Crossword – The Abbreviated Retina (9/13/2022)
  • Ophthalmic Crossword – Papillary Infallibility (9/14/2022)

Financial

  • Increase Taxes on the Super Rich   (8/14/2014)
  • Wall Street Speculators Saved by Bailout of the Mexican Peso (8/16/2014)
  • The Crazy Corporate Cannibalization of Health Care (8/20/2014)
  • Taxpayers Shouldn’t Have to Bail Out Financial Elite (9/17/2014)
  •    A Penny for Your Parthenon (2/13/2015)
  •      The Need for Socially Irresponsible Investing (7/30/2015)
  •      Uncle Sam Trashes Savings Bonds (3/14/2016)
  • GameShop Fiasco Shows the Ruling Class Grifters are Back (2/1/2021)
  • Bitcoin Challenges the Powers That Be (3/9/2021)
  • Bail Out of Silicon Valley Bank Depositors is an Outrage (3/18/2023)
  • Deposit your money in JNLB (Joe’s Never Lose Bank) (3/22/2023)

Healthcare Reform

  • We need a Universal Safety Net for All Americans (8/14/2014)
  • Physicians Should Support Single Payer Catastrophic Coverage (8/18/2014)
  • Managed Care is a Scam (8/18/2014)
  • Obamacare is Forcing Doctors to Reveal Private Information on Our Patients (1/13/2015)
  •       Cadillac Health Care Syndrome (5/19/2015)
  •        ObamaCare – Poor Health Care Policy but Political Ingenuity (11/29/2015)
  •     Donald Trump Should Replace Obamacare with a Universal Health Safety Net (2/27/2017)
  • Dr. Bandy Lee is Damaging the Psychiatric Profession (1/21/2018)
  • The Insurance Companies Don’t Care if my Patients Go Blind (2/17/2020)
  • The Coronavirus Epidemic Explained (3/2/2020)
  • More Coronavirus Testing – Helpful but not a Panacea (4/9/2020)
  • The Slippery Slope of Physician-Assisted Suicide is Coming to Connecticut (3/18/2023)

Immigration

  • The Real Cause of the Flood of Illegal Immigrants – Jim Himes and his cronies at Goldman Sachs (8/14/2014)
  • Republicans Should Not Be Suckered by Senator Murphy’s Immigration Deal (4/28/2024)
  • Haitians Are Being Unfairly Stigmatized (12/28/2024)

Medicine

  • To Control Crime, Break Cycles of Drug and Welfare Addiction (8/16/2014)
  • A Real Health Threat — Debt (8/18/2014)
  • Barbarism Is Part of Human Nature (8/20/2014)
  • Patients Are Still Suffering Needlessly at the End of Life (8/20/2014)
  • In Defense of Freud (8/20/2014)
  • Weight Loss Requires Discipline, Not Gimmicks (8/20/2014)
  •   President Obama Must Secure our Boarders To Prevent a Possible Ebola Epidemic (10/13/2014)
  • Justice Ginsburg is Probably Quite Ill (1/9/2019)
  • No Senator Warren – Doctor and Nurses are not Racists (4/29/2019)
  • An Update on Justice Ginsburg’s Health (8/26/2019)
  • The Insurance Companies Don’t Care if my Patients Go Blind (2/17/2020)
  • More Coronavirus Testing – Helpful but not a Panacea (4/9/2020)
  • Coronavirus Mutates to Protect Rioters (6/8/2020)
  • The Accreditation Scam – Ripping Off Future Professionals (12/18/2021)
  • A Major Reason for Political Polarization is Medical Advances (11/15/2022)
  • Winning the Battle of the Bulge. Is Ozempic the Solution? (4/28/2024)
  • Transgender Medicine – The Monetization of Misery (4/28/2024)
  • Debate Exposes Biden’s Cognitive Deficits (12/28/2024)
  • Woman Beating is Now an Official Sport Supported by Jim Himes and Kamala Harris (12/28/2024)
  • The Connecticut Pro-Choice Movement Wants to Allow Babies to Die after Botched Third Trimester Abortions (12/28/2024)

Politics

  • Joe Visconti Has Earned the Right To Run But He Should Drop Out (9/21/2014)
  • The Party Insiders Strike Again (11/6/2014)
  •   Anti-Semitism Rears Its Ugly Head (2/3/2015)
  • Yard Goats is a Perfect Name for the Hartford Minor League Team (3/19/2015)
  •    Handicapping the 2016 Presidential Race (8/20/2015)
  •    Connecticut Republicans are Enabling Democrats Again (9/30/2015)
  •        ObamaCare – Poor Health Care Policy but Political Ingenuity (11/29/2015)
  •   The Appeal of Donald Trump (1/4/2016)
  •    Trump Could Win (3/2/2016)
  •      Uncle Sam Trashes Savings Bonds (3/14/2016)
  •      How to Address the Economic Anxiety of the Middle Class (3/17/2016)
  •        John Kasich for President (4/6/2016)
  • Socialism in Encoded in Our DNA (5/30/2016)
  •  Is Trump Blowing It or Does He Have a Plan? (6/11/2016)
  •   Justice Ginsburg’s Crime – Telling the Truth (7/16/2016)
  •       The Democrats Real Problem – Laziness (1/21/2017)
  •   President Trump versus the Imperial Judiciary (2/10/2017)
  •   President Trump Is Taking Witchcraft Threats Seriously (3/4/2017)
  • President Trump’s Syria Policy Risks His Presidency (4/19/2017)
  •     Let Hartford Go Bankrupt (5/25/2017)
  • Globalism Explained (6/25/2017)
  • A Military Response May Be Our Only Option with North Korea (7/31/2017)
  • Just Say No to Tolls in Connecticut (8/14/2017)
  • We Need to Get Serious about Gun Violence (2/26/2018)
  • Congresswoman Esty – Champion of Women’s Rights (3/31/2018)
  • The Politics of Facebook (4/11/2018)
  • Fallout from Republican Gubernatorial Race May End the Convention System (5/9/2018)
  • President Trump Versus the Ruling Class (6/3/2018)
  • Analyzing the Republican Candidates for Governor (7/12/2018)
  • Bob Stefanowski For Governor (8/7/2018)
  • Joe Markley for Lieutenant Governor (8/8/2018)
  • Kavanaugh’s Confirmation – A Seismic Shift in Political Power (10/7/2018)
  • Bring Connecticut Back – Vote for Republican Bob Stefanowski (10/29/2018)
  • Justice Ginsburg is Probably Quite Ill (1/9/2019)
  • Journalism Needs to Regain its Credibility (1/20/2019)
  •   Politicians Like Ned Lamont are Why Donald Trump is President (2/18/2019)
  • No Senator Warren – Doctor and Nurses are not Racists (4/29/2019)
  • Connecticut is Morphing into a State of Rich and Poor (5/22/2019)
  • Some Friendly Advice for the Democrats (5/28/2019)
  • Jim Himes’ call for an Impeachment Inquiry is a Scam (6/30/2019)
  • Activist Judges are the Source of America’s Discontent (8/4/2019)
  • Epstein Probably Committed Suicide (8/19/2019)
  • An Update on Justice Ginsburg’s Health (8/26/2019)
  • If Our Ruling Class Wants to Stay in the Middle East, Bring Back the Draft (10/23/2019)
  • Regional Cap-and-Trade Plan Will Soak Connecticut Taxpayers (11/8/2019)
  • Failure of Lamont’s Toll Plan Shows Lack of Trust in Our Institutions (11/22/2019)
  • Governor Lamont Should Ban Tom Brady from Moving to Connecticut (12/5/2019)
  • Predictions for 2020 (12/31/2019)
  • Lamont’s New Toll Proposal is More of the Same (1/27/2020)
  • The Ruling Class Goes After Bernie Sanders (2/7/2020)
  • Voters Must Believe That Elections Are Fair (4/24/2020)
  • Tara Reade’s Accusations against Biden Put Democrats in a Tough Spot (5/4/2020)
  • If Blacks Really Want to Rebel – Vote Republican (5/31/2020)
  • Coronavirus Mutates to Protect Rioters (6/8/2020)
  • If Columbus Must Go, So Should Yale (6/23/2020)
  • Energy Policy is Rendering Connecticut a Third World Country (8/19/2020)
  • Political Arbitrage Can Soothe Our Polarized Country (Satire) (10/1/2020)
  • Pollsters Distorted President Trump’s Support (11/12/2020)
  • School Vouchers are a Quick Way to Correct Racial Injustice (1/12/2021)
  • GameShop Fiasco Shows the Ruling Class Grifters are Back (2/1/2021)
  • President Biden Stops Global Warming (2/19/2021)
  • Bitcoin Challenges the Powers That Be (3/9/2021)
  • Sports Gambling is Another Tax on the Poor and Minorities (3/24/2021)
  • Anti-Semitism Needs to End Now (6/1/2021)
  • President Obama Should Serve as Interim President of Haiti (7/20/2021)
  • The Capitalist Freeloaders (9/24/2021)
  • The Women’s Tennis Association Stands Up to China (11/29/2021)
  • The Accreditation Scam – Ripping Off Future Professionals (12/18/2021)
  • Biden’s Weakness and Incompetence Starts A War (3/2/2022)
  • A Direct Confrontation with Russia Must Be Avoided (3/24/2022)
  • Biden’s Cancelling of Student Debt Bails Out the Freeloaders (9/14/2022)
  • Parents Should Have Input in Their Children’s Education (11/15/2022)
  • A Major Reason for Political Polarization is Medical Advances (11/15/2022)
  • Bear Attack Highlights the Need for Controlling this Population (11/15/2022)
  • The Real Winner in the 2022 Midterms is the White Upper Middle Class (11/15/2022)
  • Bail Out of Silicon Valley Bank Depositors is an Outrage (3/18/2023)
  • The Slippery Slope of Physician-Assisted Suicide is Coming to Connecticut (3/18/2023)
  • The World is Becoming a Better Place (5/17/2023)
  • Trans Athletes Are Changing Women’s Sports (5/17/2023)
  • Baby Bonds Will Not Solve Wealth Inequality (5/17/2023)
  • Adieu to the Connecticut 2023 Legislative Session (7/26/2023)
  • Gun Control Puts People at the Mercy of the Government (7/26/2023)
  • The Supreme Court Reasserts Rule of Law and Affirms our Constitution (7/26/2023)
  • Inflation is 3%? Are You Kidding? (7/26/2023)
  • Attack on Justice Thomas for Receiving a Dallas Cowboy Ring as a Gift is a Joke (7/26/2023)
  • The Democrats Refuse to Vigorously Fight Anti-Semitism (4/28/2024)
  • Predictions for 2024. This Could Be an Ugly Year (4/28/2024)
  • CRT Must Include Conservative Viewpoints (4/28/2024)
  • What is Nikki Haley’s Game Plan? (4/28/2024)
  • Republicans Should Not Be Suckered by Senator Murphy’s Immigration Deal (4/28/2024)
  • President Biden has Early Dementia (4/28/2024)
  • Transgender Medicine – The Monetization of Misery (4/28/2024)
  • The United States Must Intervene in Haiti (4/28/2024)
  • Ceasefire is a Setback for Israel’s Security (4/28/2024)
  • How Many Wars Will Biden Start? (4/28/2024)
  • Proposed Legislation in Connecticut that Must Be Stopped (4/28/2024)
  • Attacks on Ned Lamont for Draining a Swamp Are Unfair (4/28/2024)
  • Connecticut Bar Association Threatens to Push Disbarment of Lawyers Who Question Trump Verdicts (12/28/2024)
  • Debate Exposes Biden’s Cognitive Deficits (12/28/2024)
  • President Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice President for His Own Protection (12/28/2024)
  • Woman Beating is Now an Official Sport Supported by Jim Himes and Kamala Harris (12/28/2024)
  • Former Republican Congressman Chris Shays Endorses Harris and Trashes Trump (12/28/2024)
  • The Connecticut Pro-Choice Movement Wants to Allow Babies to Die after Botched Third Trimester Abortions (12/28/2024)
  • Haitians Are Being Unfairly Stigmatized (12/28/2024)
  • The Sleeper Issues in the Trump Tsunami – Fairness and Rule of Law (12/28/2024)
  • Trump’s Victory Came Down to Issues (12/28/2024)
  • President Biden’s Pardon of His Son Is a Gift to President Trump (12/28/2024)
  • Where are the Police? (12/28/2024)

Race Relations

  •   Neo-Darwinism Misses the Point (8/14/2014)
  • Ferguson – The Result of a Dysfunctional Political System (11/28/2014)
  • No Senator Warren – Doctor and Nurses are not Racists (4/29/2019)
  • If Blacks Really Want to Rebel – Vote Republican (5/31/2020)
  • If Columbus Must Go, So Should Yale (6/23/2020)
  • Predictions for 2021 (12/30/2020)
  • School Vouchers are a Quick Way to Correct Racial Injustice (1/12/2021)
  • Sports Gambling is Another Tax on the Poor and Minorities (3/24/2021)
  • Anti-Semitism Needs to End Now (6/1/2021)
  • President Obama Should Serve as Interim President of Haiti (7/20/2021)
  • Baby Bonds Will Not Solve Wealth Inequality (5/17/2023)
  • CRT Must Include Conservative Viewpoints (4/28/2024)
  • Haitians Are Being Unfairly Stigmatized (12/28/2024)
  • Where are the Police? (12/28/2024)

Sports

  •      Some Friendly Thoughts from Steeler Nation (12/28/2014)
  • Yard Goats is a Perfect Name for the Hartford Minor League Team (3/19/2015)
  • A Steeler Fan in New England (12/23/2017)
  • St. Francis Will Defeat UConn Women (3/13/2018)
  • Predictions for 2019 (1/1/2019)
  • Governor Lamont Should Ban Tom Brady from Moving to Connecticut (12/5/2019)
  • Predictions for 2020 (12/31/2019)
  • The Women’s Tennis Association Stands Up to China (11/29/2021)
  • Trans Athletes Are Changing Women’s Sports (5/17/2023)
  • Woman Beating is Now an Official Sport Supported by Jim Himes and Kamala Harris (12/28/2024)
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