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)
- Trump Should Hold the Line on His Tariff Policy (10/31/2025)
- Attorney General Tong Should Sue the Private Equity Firms Who Ravaged Our Hospitals (10/31/2025)
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)
- Attorney General Tong Should Sue the Private Equity Firms Who Ravaged Our Hospitals (10/31/2025)
- Vaccines are Crucial to Maintaining Public Health (10/31/2025)
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)
- There Is No Evidence that Trump’s Presidency Is Damaging the Country’s Health Dr. Selinger needs some hard data to make this statement Joseph Bentivegna Apr 28, 2025 April 28, 2025 In a recent article in the CTMirror, Dr. Howard Selinger, the Chairman of the Family Medicine Department at the Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, stated: “Donald Trump’s executive orders and election have removed the sense of stability and security that many, but not all Americans had become accustomed to — much in the same way that a child relies on the safety provided by his or her parents in a home that feels safe and secure.” He postulates that the stress generated by President Trump’s policies can trigger “flare-ups of underlying pre-existing conditions such as heart disease, emphysema, diabetes… and anxiety and depression.” Yet, Dr. Selinger does not present a scintilla of objective evidence, such as a randomized prospective study, that this is the case. He states that 200,000 people in the federal work force “will have their jobs terminated” and adds “This federal behavior will inevitably harm our most vulnerable citizens.” Federal workers average six-figure salaries along with outstanding health care and defined benefit pensions that are indexed to inflation. They are not “our most vulnerable citizens” by any stretch of the imagination. He states that “[Trump’s] threatened defunding” will handicap the “CDC’s (Center for Disease Control) ability to prepare for future pandemics.” But he fails to mention that the CDC’s draconian policies during the COVID pandemic – based on dubious science – resulted in business closures, increased domestic violence, gun violence, substance abuse and suicide. School closures decimated education, especially that of our poorest citizens. Many children developed speech impediments due to ill-advised mask mandates. The CDC’s incompetence was so blatant that President Biden had to issue a preemptive pardon to the architect of this disaster, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to prevent his being charged with perjury for his many misstatements. This was a factor in President Trump’s election victory, and it is not unrealistic for the CDC to take a financial haircut for the unnecessary carnage it choreographed. He states: “Attacking diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and gender affirming care is blatantly unethical and anti-democratic.” This is subject to reasonable debate. DEI is the belief that the workforce of a given profession should mirror the racial percentages of the general population. But this simply is not the case. Otherwise, I would be a power forward for the Knicks. Recently, a helicopter crash at Reagan airport killed 64 people. President Trump immediately blamed DEI for this disaster while the media castigated him for doing so. The woman pilot’s information was scrubbed from social media. Later, the New York Times reported that this woman had little experience and ignored the advice of her co-pilots. Would Dr. Selinger board a plane with a DEI pilot to show solidarity with this movement? Gender affirming care involves either giving sex hormones to those who wish to change their gender or performing risky surgical procedures involving the reshaping and removing of genitalia and adding or removing breasts. Does Dr. Selinger really believe this is appropriate treatment for those under 18 years of age? Does he believe that this should be performed without parental consent as has been proposed by some Colorado legislators? Finland and England, who have a much longer history of performing gender affirming treatments for those under 18 than the United States, have essentially banned these treatments, citing long-term data that fewer patients were helped than injured. Dr. Kaltiala was one of the first psychiatrists in Finland to institute gender-affirming care. But after a decade of treating this condition and analyzing her data on its efficacy, she wrote an article with the following title: “Gender Affirming Care is Dangerous. I Know Because I Helped Pioneer It.” In her article, she states the following: I felt an increasing obligation to patients, to medicine, and to the truth, to speak outside of Finland against the widespread transitioning of gender-distressed minors. I have been particularly concerned about American medical societies, who as a group continue to assert that children know their “authentic” selves, and a child who declares a transgender identity should be affirmed and started on treatment. But on one point, I agree with Dr. Selinger: Medicaid should not be slashed for our poorest citizens. But should this unfortunately occur, I will take care of these poor patients free of charge and there is no doubt in my mind that my colleague Dr. Selinger will do the same. Comment: jfbentivegna@gmail.com Follow Dr. Bentivegna on Twitter(X) @joebentivegnamd There is no copyright on this article and it may be shared and re-published without the permission of Dr. Bentivegna. (10/31/2025)
- Get Well Soon President Biden (10/31/2025)
- Attorney General Tong Should Sue the Private Equity Firms Who Ravaged Our Hospitals (10/31/2025)
- Vaccines are Crucial to Maintaining Public Health (10/31/2025)
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)
- We Do Not Need Tolls on I-95 to Counter Congestion Pricing in Manhattan (10/31/2025)
- Why Did Our Children Leave Connecticut? (10/31/2025)
- Why Are Democratic Leaders So Outraged by Elon Musk? (10/31/2025)
- A Response to Ms. Christine Palm’s Attack on Connecticut Republicans (10/31/2025)
- Yale’s Tolerance of Antisemitism must be Punished (10/31/2025)
- Senator Murphy is Mastering Social Media (10/31/2025)
- Trump Should Hold the Line on His Tariff Policy (10/31/2025)
- There Is No Evidence that Trump’s Presidency Is Damaging the Country’s Health Dr. Selinger needs some hard data to make this statement Joseph Bentivegna Apr 28, 2025 April 28, 2025 In a recent article in the CTMirror, Dr. Howard Selinger, the Chairman of the Family Medicine Department at the Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, stated: “Donald Trump’s executive orders and election have removed the sense of stability and security that many, but not all Americans had become accustomed to — much in the same way that a child relies on the safety provided by his or her parents in a home that feels safe and secure.” He postulates that the stress generated by President Trump’s policies can trigger “flare-ups of underlying pre-existing conditions such as heart disease, emphysema, diabetes… and anxiety and depression.” Yet, Dr. Selinger does not present a scintilla of objective evidence, such as a randomized prospective study, that this is the case. He states that 200,000 people in the federal work force “will have their jobs terminated” and adds “This federal behavior will inevitably harm our most vulnerable citizens.” Federal workers average six-figure salaries along with outstanding health care and defined benefit pensions that are indexed to inflation. They are not “our most vulnerable citizens” by any stretch of the imagination. He states that “[Trump’s] threatened defunding” will handicap the “CDC’s (Center for Disease Control) ability to prepare for future pandemics.” But he fails to mention that the CDC’s draconian policies during the COVID pandemic – based on dubious science – resulted in business closures, increased domestic violence, gun violence, substance abuse and suicide. School closures decimated education, especially that of our poorest citizens. Many children developed speech impediments due to ill-advised mask mandates. The CDC’s incompetence was so blatant that President Biden had to issue a preemptive pardon to the architect of this disaster, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to prevent his being charged with perjury for his many misstatements. This was a factor in President Trump’s election victory, and it is not unrealistic for the CDC to take a financial haircut for the unnecessary carnage it choreographed. He states: “Attacking diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and gender affirming care is blatantly unethical and anti-democratic.” This is subject to reasonable debate. DEI is the belief that the workforce of a given profession should mirror the racial percentages of the general population. But this simply is not the case. Otherwise, I would be a power forward for the Knicks. Recently, a helicopter crash at Reagan airport killed 64 people. President Trump immediately blamed DEI for this disaster while the media castigated him for doing so. The woman pilot’s information was scrubbed from social media. Later, the New York Times reported that this woman had little experience and ignored the advice of her co-pilots. Would Dr. Selinger board a plane with a DEI pilot to show solidarity with this movement? Gender affirming care involves either giving sex hormones to those who wish to change their gender or performing risky surgical procedures involving the reshaping and removing of genitalia and adding or removing breasts. Does Dr. Selinger really believe this is appropriate treatment for those under 18 years of age? Does he believe that this should be performed without parental consent as has been proposed by some Colorado legislators? Finland and England, who have a much longer history of performing gender affirming treatments for those under 18 than the United States, have essentially banned these treatments, citing long-term data that fewer patients were helped than injured. Dr. Kaltiala was one of the first psychiatrists in Finland to institute gender-affirming care. But after a decade of treating this condition and analyzing her data on its efficacy, she wrote an article with the following title: “Gender Affirming Care is Dangerous. I Know Because I Helped Pioneer It.” In her article, she states the following: I felt an increasing obligation to patients, to medicine, and to the truth, to speak outside of Finland against the widespread transitioning of gender-distressed minors. I have been particularly concerned about American medical societies, who as a group continue to assert that children know their “authentic” selves, and a child who declares a transgender identity should be affirmed and started on treatment. But on one point, I agree with Dr. Selinger: Medicaid should not be slashed for our poorest citizens. But should this unfortunately occur, I will take care of these poor patients free of charge and there is no doubt in my mind that my colleague Dr. Selinger will do the same. Comment: jfbentivegna@gmail.com Follow Dr. Bentivegna on Twitter(X) @joebentivegnamd There is no copyright on this article and it may be shared and re-published without the permission of Dr. Bentivegna. (10/31/2025)
- Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is Too Confusing. (10/31/2025)
- Get Well Soon President Biden (10/31/2025)
- Zohran Mamdani, A Muslim Communist, Takes New York City’s Democratic Primary (10/31/2025)
- Dropping the Epstein Case May Be More than Politics (10/31/2025)
- Attorney General Tong Should Sue the Private Equity Firms Who Ravaged Our Hospitals (10/31/2025)
- Vaccines are Crucial to Maintaining Public Health (10/31/2025)
- America. We Have a Problem. Violence. (10/31/2025)
- The No Kings Protest: Rebels Without a Cause (10/31/2025)
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)
- Yale’s Tolerance of Antisemitism must be Punished (10/31/2025)
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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