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“Healthcare is broken. Insurance companies are innovatively bankrupt. There are huge hurdles to entry. The biggest companies in the world can’t solve this problem; even Google can’t build a good personal health record system. Doctors are frugal. Patients are lazy and don’t care about their health. You guys are choosing a very hard path.”-Ryan Howard, …

One thing I learned from my grandfather, “tires win races.” Attending NASCAR and Formula One races and seeing tire blowouts, I saw he was right. Speed and distance come a mere second and third; except when it comes to Football, 5G and Space. On the subject of Space Policy & Commerce, “Our adversaries are using …

Olympus has fallen hard. Island Nation stands alone. New Reich cries from its ashes. No, U.S., Britain and Germany are no Roman Empires. Clearly power does not always equate strength. Look to the IP Titan: Eyeing Israel’s Cradle of Innovation. If the virus was reportedly detected in January 2020 and strains obtained, when exactly were …

“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.” Bertrand Russell Great Ringmasters and Leaders of “Great Democracies” appear to have much in common. …

 “Politicians make pacts; People make peace.” – Joseph A. Califano, Jr. and Leonard Hausman, 1982 “Power is not good or bad per se…If a country has too few power resources, it is less likely to obtain its preferred outcomes. But too much power (in terms of resources) has often proved to be a curse when …

“Potential Signal of a Serious Risk / New Safety Information: Drug-induced lupus.” – FDA Vertical integration “creates perverse incentives for PBMs to shut out independent pharmacies at the expense of the American public.” – Earl Leroy “Buddy” Carter, Republican U.S. Representative, Georgia Cut or dice it however you like, patients are getting the raw end …

Tests. Just hearing the word brings back stressful school days and for some the “college experience.” Remember the anticipation. You either tried to get a good night sleep or crammed the night before. Either way, no matter how well prepared you thought you were, the testing experience “sucked.” 🙁 Veterans may feel the same recalling …

If the service economy is “Open for Business” shouldn’t they also be open for inspection? Health agencies have long instituted the ABCs of rating the food sector. Still, Reports of pests munching on packages or leaving vermin and/or cockroach droppings still earns food facilities an “A” grade. Think about that when eating a candy bar …

Seeing and listening to the public, fast-food and business owners, and policy makers on the uncertainty of opening restaurants, the phrase “eat and run” comes to mind. Except now, the food deliverer runs and you the patron eats. Bacteria, like people, also need to eat. Consider the yearly outbreak of E.coli. According to the Max …

“L’enfer, c’est les autres.” – Jean-Paul Sartre I have pointed to accelerators in the transmission of viruses. In my July 2019 paper, “U.S. Dangerous Troika? – Physician, Pharma, and Hospital,” I question the training and/or experience of staff. →Health Sector Bad Practices Countless reports and statistics have backed up claims of hospitals, physicians and nurses’ …