Feb
24
2011
Q. Tell us a little bit about your book. A. “Uproot U.S. Healthcare” was written for the average person, at a level that doesn’t require an MD or PhD to understand. It was written for and to the average reader because only they – the Public – can fix healthcare. The book explains why and [...]
Feb
24
2011
Why did you decide to write this book? This book made me write it not the other way around. I started asking myself, ‘Why do we practice good medicine on sick people but not on sick healthcare?’ That made me understand WHY everything we do to make our healthcare system better is actually making [...]
Feb
24
2011
Chapter 8 – “Cupside Down” ¨ Imagine a school that only kept track of students who flunked out. ¨ Would you buy a car from a company with sales brochures showing the ones that exploded? ¨ Would you invest in a corporation that measured only customer complaints and that stocked only those products that did [...]
Feb
24
2011
Repeal Obamacare but healthcare still critical JD Waldman, MD MBA Back in September 2010, I asked, “If Obamacare is repealed, what then?” Now the question has changed to WHEN Obamacare is reversed, what now? U.S. District Judge (Florida) Roger Vinson recently opined that the PPAHCA (Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act of 2010, also [...]
Feb
20
2011
Vampires, Werewolves and Fairies by Tiffany Ashley, author of Love Script I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am tired of reading stories about vampires, werewolves and fairies. I realize the paranormal craze has reached new heights since the release of Meyer’s Twilight series but I have to ask, how much is [...]
Feb
20
2011
Q. What excites you most about your book’s topic? Why did you choose it? A. The Underground Railroad was a pivotal time in American history, one that should never be repeated. It is my hope by keeping history alive for each generation that these huge mistakes will never reoccur. Q. How long did the book [...]
Feb
20
2011
Why did you decide to write this book? My gut instincts kept nagging at me to tell the story of Jenkins and David and they took over from the outline to the end. Do you have any secret writing tips you’d like to share? I always write my first draft in long hand away from [...]
Feb
04
2011
Why did you decide to write this book? I decided to write this book because I have met so many parents and educators who really wanted the best for children under their care, but who interacted with them in a way that inadvertently hindered the learning of desired skills AND damaged their precious relationship. The [...]
Feb
03
2011
Why did you decide to write this book? I find myself asked this or similar questions quite often. As I said elsewhere, Pink Noise is not the first book about the Technological Singularity, or simply the Singularity. The idea that the accelerating pace of our technological advances would bring up a radical shift, essentially creating [...]
Feb
03
2011
Crusades: Yesterday, today and tomorrow The Crusades were essentially a series of military expeditions. Dubbed religious, they were endorsed as missions for God. They were undertaken under a solemn vow to deliver the Holy Land from Mohammedan tyranny. Crusaders dreamed of restoring Christian control over the Holy Land and getting rid of the infidels, in [...]