Woefully Inadequate Healthcare Reform Bill Passes in Senate

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I am disgusted with the passage of the Senate healthcare “reform” bill over the weekend. Besides the inclusion of severe restrictions on womens’ rights to abortions which sets back womens’ rights by 25 years, it also passed without any public option or Medicare buy-in. What’s left is a giveaway to the pigs at a trough that […] Read More

Ben Bernanke TIME’s Person of the Year

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So, TIME magazine has selected Ben Bernanke as their person of the year. Two posts down, I make my personal case for or against all the contenders. I wrote that I believed that Bernanke and others in the top echelons of the banking industry ought to be in prison for what they did to destroy […] Read More

Poem “Invictus” Inspires Movie

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There is a new movie out called Invictus starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The movie takes its title from a poem of the same name, “Invictus,” the best-remembered work of British poet William Ernest Henley (1849-1903). Invictus is a Latin word meaning “unconquered,” and the poem was written in 1875 as a demonstration of […] Read More

TIME’s Person of the Year

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This morning, managing editor for TIME magazine, Rick Stengel announced the short list of contenders for this year’s TIME Person of the Year issue.  As in the past, recipients of this recognition are not always recognized for good works.  Sometimes they are recognized for the very damaging or disruptive actions they may have taken to propel […] Read More

Don’t Let Heartburn Hurt Your Holidays

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Guest Blogger – Zippi Dvash, Asst. VP of Public Affairs for Long Island College Hospital Heartburn is a “burning” problem for over 60 million Americans each month. Recent surveys show that 66% of people experience heartburn symptoms after splurging on food and alcohol, such as the large meals, rich desserts and alcohol consumed around Christmas […] Read More

The Compromise of the Compromise

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Late last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that a breakthrough deal had been reached on the contentious healthcare reform bill the President has been asking for.  But have they compromised away the core of the reform in this bill?  Did they deal away the part that really would have put some competition into the […] Read More

Avoid the Top 10 Job Interview Blunders

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Fortune Magazine and CNN Money recently put together a list of the top 10 blunders, screw-ups, missteps and SNAFUs made by candidates at employment interviews.   The currently high  unemployment rate has made it even more difficult than usual to land a job with about six job seekers for every available position.  In normal economic times, […] Read More

Vaccinated Burger With Cheese Anyone?

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According to the New York Times, the beef industry has initiated no less than 52 recalls of beef for contamination with E. Coli and other harmful bacteria.  It seems like we hear stories with more startling regularity about how our food supply is inadequately monitored leading to sickness and death.  Remember the tainted spinach last […] Read More

This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of Blood!

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Guest Blogger – Zippi Dvash Asst. VP of Public Affairs Long Island College Hospital Our blood supply needs constant replenishment, since the need for blood never takes a vacation.  Statistics say that nine out of ten people will need blood some time in their lives and that one out of every ten hospital patients requires […] Read More

Music Video Supports Breast Cancer Awareness

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Emily Somers created, directed and choreographed this awesome music video in Portland last week for her Medline surgical glove division as a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness. This was all her idea to help promote their new pink gloves. I don’t know how she got so many employees, doctors and patients to participate, but it […] Read More