New York Time 1:58 P.M. July 17, 2016. Turkish time 9:02 PMAfter announcing coup on the previous evening, Prime Minister of Turkey causes a steep rise in gold prices at the Chicago Merchantile Exchange ++++ Senator Tim Kaine on Turkey’s future ++++ Prime Minister Binali Yıldrım, ” I kiss the people of Turkey on the head.” Turkish […]
President Obama
Channeling Jabotinsky [who died in 1940]: Covering the aftermath of Israel’s March 17th [2015] election
Zionist time line critical for obtaining a bird’s eye perspective to current events
The Balfour declaration {2 November 1917}. /http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration. From the time I was eight, my father read out loud to me the Balfour Declaration (which was a letter). My friends’ fathers played catch—tossing the regulation softball back and forth. I read the Balfour Declaration aloud with my father. Reading the Balfour Declaration was a joyous experience because my father cared deeply about it and I loved my father.
Significance of the Zion Mule Corps
Profile of Ben Gurion
Profile of Jabotinsky
Arab riots in the 1920s
Ben Gurion’s cooperation with the British to arrest or shoot to kill Menachem Begin, who later became prime minister of Israel
1948 War of Independence
Altalena Incident
1967 Six Day War
Saving Medicare billions: Trying too hard can get in the way
Today is Sunday, February 26, 2012. I took the photograph above last week. My apartment is within an eight-story building housing 90 low-income elderly and disabled individuals, an ambulance parks outside my window at least once a week. Sometimes my neighbors and I return. Sometimes, not. The cost for Medicare, Medicaid, and other services to […]
Marilyn Tavenner Confirmation Watch June 19th Update: Who cares if anyone runs Medicare?
June 19, 2012 update on Marilyn Tavenner’s confirmation (don’t hold your breath) hearings: “So what did Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) say when HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asked him to hold a confirmation hearing for Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator of CMS? “’It’s going to be difficult to proceed with the Republican opposition,’ said Baucus, chairman of […]
What’s the fuss? [Grilled 101]
What’s the fuss? [Grilled 101] I originally created this blog as a convenient way for readers to have access to my monthly column in Voices of Central Pennsylvania, published from October 2009 to February 2011. While recovering from minor cardiac surgery where the medical standard of “do no harm” was once again violated, I decided […]
Exclusive Written Interview of Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Exclusive Written Interview of Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) by Joel Solkoff, Voices of Central Pennsylvania1. Why do you oppose the Obama Administration’s efforts to create competitive bidding for medical suppliers of durable medical equipment, such as medical oxygen, power chairs, scooters, wheelchairs, and other mobility devices? The competitive bidding program was enacted as part of […]
MY CHOICE TO HEAD MEDICARE a.k.a. Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[The following is my March, 2010 column for Voices of Central Pennsylvania see http://voicesweb.org/archive/10mar/10mar-community-lifestyles.pdf (end of pdf.) or visit a newstand in Centre County.] Strangers, snow and rehabilitation From where I sit Thanks to a failure to act in January, the Obama administration has made a seriousmistake in allowing competitive bidding for durable medical equipment […]