I Have An Idea indexed by subject
Essays are arranged in mostly reverse chronologic order, mostly. Some will be listed in multiple categories.
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Retirees For Democracy – a pro-democracy organization
Index of Essays and …
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- My Creations: Furniture, Frames, Photographs, Other
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- A Democracy That Works for “We the People:” A Blueprint for Structural Reforms
- The Corporate Death Penalty: Personhood Must Carry a Capital Consequence
- We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.
- When Judges Speak for the Constitution: Decisions Worth Reading
- Massachusetts’ Final Bulwark: A Proactive Defense Against the Authoritarian Tide
- Is America Still A Democracy?
- Judicial Decisions Worth Your Time
- A Governor’s Guide to Protecting Democracy
- Email: A Personal Plea to Take a Stand
- How to Destroy a Democracy: The Authoritarian Playbook
- I’m not joking about a third term!
- Tax Billionaires’ Wealth – Free the 95%
- Beyond Left and Right: A Unified Pro-Democracy Movement
- How to Defeat Fascism in America
- Defend Democracy Today or Be Silenced Tomorrow
- When Democracies Die: It’s Time to Act
- Defend Democracy and the U.S. Constitution! Stand-up for Patriotism and the American Flag!
- The Demise of America’s Democracy and the Rise of Putin-esque Fascism
- Unbridled Capitalism and Our Health, Wealth, Education, Democracy, Planet, and Our Future
- A Just and Durable Two-State Resolution to an Ancient Conflict
- Letter to My Political Representatives: Help, Democracy is Slipping Away!
- Anyone But Biden
- Massachusetts Must Prioritize Health Over Supreme Court Edicts
- Handcuff Our Rogue Supreme Court
- A Rational Revision of Capitalism
- Senator Mitt Romney, An ?Honorable Politician
- The Republican Party’s Path to Power is Predicated on Political Paralysis, Societal Mayhem and Worse
- United We Fail, Divided We/They Succeed, A Data Driven Solution
- Governors Must Prioritize Health Above the Supreme Court’s Unhealthful Edicts
- Political Thinkers Who are Concerned That Fascism is Coming to America
- A Thought Experiment: Biden’s National Unity Government with a Republican Vice President
- Fascism is Coming to the U.S.A.
- The Negation of Expertise Precedes the Rise of Fascism
- Our Illegitimate, Illogical, and UnAmerican Supreme Court
- Our Rogue Supreme Court
- One Physician’s Frustrations of Practicing Amidst the CHIPHIT Complex and Implications for the Future of the U.S. Healthcare System
- Fewer Guns = Fewer Gun Deaths, There is a Solution…
- Donate Now, Inaction is Tantamount to Complicity
- Pardon Him or Not
- A New American Patriotism and The American Flag
- A 10th Supreme Court Justice
- Federal Red-Lines and Massachusetts’ Relationship to the Federal Government
- Covid-19 “Fair-Share” Healthcare Surcharge for the Unvaccinated
- How to End Gerrymandering, Big Money and Americans’ Distrust of Federal Institutions
- President Joseph Biden, the Last Democratic President!?
- Why Patients Refuse the Covid-19 Vaccination – It’s Political, Mostly
- My White Privilege and Antiracism
- Biden’s Most Important Political Priority
- A Political Thought Experiment: Democracy’s Survival Is Predicated on the Judicial Conviction and Imprisonment of Donald Trump
- America Needs The Presidential Propaganda Prohibition Act
- Erase His Name From Our Consciousness: Substitute “#HeWhoMustNotBeNamed” for “@realDonaldTrump” and “Donald Trump”
- Talking Politics with Patients
- 8,300 House of Representatives Will Help Fix America’s Democracy
- Lock Him Up or Not
- Hostage the U.S. Economy to End Racism in America
- Political Purity at The Ballot Box Will Be Counterproductive and is Immoral
- Promoting a Community’s Economic Diversity
- The Democrat Party Needs a Competent Propaganda Machine, Like the Republican’s
- Democracy Requires We Nail Down the Roving Political Goalposts
- Democracy in America was Fantastic!!
- Hillary v2.0 Cannot Win the 2020 Presidential Election
- A Centrist Democrat President Will Enshrine Authoritarian Rule in America
- Red-line Supreme Court Rulings and the Future of the Supreme Court
- United We Fall, Divided We (One of Us) Stand
- It Is Time to Impose Price Caps on our Healthcare System
- Hacking Can Be Patriotic
- Pharmacists Should Be Required to Inform Patients of the Least Expensive Purchasing Option
- Fortifying the Circle of Prosperity as a Means to Reduce Economic Inequities
- A Proposal to Increase the Transparency and Quality of Electronic Health Records
- It’s No Longer Your Father’s Republican Party (or There Are No Honorable Republican Senators)
- My Retirement Diary (updated frequently)
- Email: A Personal Plea to Take a Stand
- The Exam
- On My Failure to Acquire Meaningful Social Relationships
- The Wonderful Whoriskey Clan
- Moral Injury: A Physician’s Premature Retirement
- Governors Must Prioritize Health Above the Supreme Court’s Unhealthful Edicts
- One Physician’s Frustrations of Practicing Amidst the CHIPHIT Complex and Implications for the Future of the U.S. Healthcare System
- My Engagement Story: “I will call you back”
- An Apology to the Woman I Splashed While Cycling on the Minuteman Bikeway
- My Journey into Retirement: Before, T=-1 month
- A Physician’s Impending Journey into Retirement
- The Voter Enthusiasm Gap Predicts the GOP Will Control the House of Representatives
- Retirement Letter to My Patients
- Hiking the Alaskan Wilderness Induced a Moment of Cognitive Clarity
- A Physician’s Dilemma During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- About Hayward Zwerling…
- Appearing in the Pages of Fine Woodworking
- Why Do I Make Things
- My Creations: Furniture
- My Creations: Frames
- My Creations: Photographs
- My Creations: Other
- Am I An Artist or A Maker?
- Boston Globe article of my creations on the Somerville Community Path
- The Making of Elly the Elephant
- The Make of George the Giraffe and Big Poppy
- Designing Your Retirement video, essay, and PDF
- My Retirement Diary (updated frequently)
- How to Create and Manage a Monthly Retirees’ Brunch
- Retirement Update @ 2 Years
- My Retirement Activities
- Books and Audiobooks during retirement
- My Retirement Diary 2023
- On My Failure to Acquire Meaningful Social Relationships
- Retirement Update @ 8 months
- Moral Injury: A Physician’s Premature Retirement
- Retirement Update @ 3 months
- My Journey into Retirement: Before, T=-1 month
- A Physician’s Impending Journey into Retirement
- Retirement Letter to My Patients
- Hiking the Alaskan Wilderness Induced a Moment of Cognitive Clarity
- Approaching Retirement
- Reliable Healthcare Resources
- Longevity, A Graphical Presentation
- Massachusetts Must Prioritize Health Over Supreme Court Edicts
- Moral Injury: A Physician’s Premature Retirement
- One Physician’s Frustrations of Practicing Amidst the CHIPHIT Complex and Implications for the Future of the U.S. Healthcare System
- Fewer Guns = Fewer Gun Deaths, There is a Solution…
- Obesity is a Disease
- Covid-19 “Fair-Share” Healthcare Surcharge for the Unvaccinated
- A Physician’s Exam Room Should Be Educational and Inviting
- Why Patients Refuse the Covid-19 Vaccination – It’s Political, Mostly
- Talking Politics with Patients
- The Blue State Domestic Ambassador for the Coronavirus Pandemic
- A Physician’s Dilemma During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Healthcare As a Role Model for An Equitable Solution to our COVID-19 Inequity Problem
- Is Your Physician Prescribing the Best Medicine for You?
- It Is Time to Impose Price Caps on our Healthcare System
- Forty Features Which Should Be in All Electronic Health Records including Epic & Cerner
- Pharmacists Should Be Required to Inform Patients of the Least Expensive Purchasing Option
- Why Do I Keep Eating After Supper? Trigger Foods!
- A Proposal to Increase the Transparency and Quality of Electronic Health Records
- How to End Egregious Medical Bills
I Have An Idea for someone else to implement:
- A Democracy That Works for “We the People:” A Blueprint for Structural Reforms
- The Corporate Death Penalty: Personhood Must Carry a Capital Consequence
- We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.
- Massachusetts’ Final Bulwark: A Proactive Defense Against the Authoritarian Tide
- A Governor’s Guide to Protecting Democracy
- Tax Billionaires’ Wealth – Free the 95%
- Unbridled Capitalism and Our Health, Wealth, Education, Democracy, Planet, and Our Future
- A Just and Durable Two-State Resolution to an Ancient Conflict
- Letter to My Political Representatives: Help, Democracy is Slipping Away!
- Anyone But Biden
- Massachusetts Must Prioritize Health Over Supreme Court Edicts
- Handcuff Our Rogue Supreme Court
- A Rational Revision of Capitalism
- United We Fail, Divided We/They Succeed, A Data Driven Solution
- Governors Must Prioritize Health Above the Supreme Court’s Unhealthful Edicts
- A Thought Experiment: Biden’s National Unity Government with a Republican Vice President
- Our Illegitimate, Illogical, and UnAmerican Supreme Court
- Our Rogue Supreme Court
- One Physician’s Frustrations of Practicing Amidst the CHIPHIT Complex and Implications for the Future of the U.S. Healthcare System
- Fewer Guns = Fewer Gun Deaths, There is a Solution…
- Pardon Him or Not
- The Voter Enthusiasm Gap Predicts the GOP Will Control the House of Representatives
- A New American Patriotism and The American Flag
- A 10th Supreme Court Justice
- Federal Red-Lines and Massachusetts’ Relationship to the Federal Government
- Covid-19 “Fair-Share” Healthcare Surcharge for the Unvaccinated
- How to End Gerrymandering, Big Money and Americans’ Distrust of Federal Institutions
- Biden’s Most Important Political Priority
- America Needs The Presidential Propaganda Prohibition Act
- Erase His Name From Our Consciousness: Substitute “#HeWhoMustNotBeNamed” for “@realDonaldTrump” and “Donald Trump”
- 8,300 House of Representatives Will Help Fix America’s Democracy
- The Blue State Domestic Ambassador for the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Lock Him Up or Not
- Hostage the U.S. Economy to End Racism in America
- Promoting a Community’s Economic Diversity
- The Democrat Party Needs a Competent Propaganda Machine, Like the Republican’s
- Democracy Requires We Nail Down the Roving Political Goalposts
- United We Fall, Divided We (One of Us) Stand
- It Is Time to Impose Price Caps on our Healthcare System
- Hacking Can Be Patriotic
- Forty Features Which Should Be in All Electronic Health Records including Epic & Cerner
- Pharmacists Should Be Required to Inform Patients of the Least Expensive Purchasing Option
- Fortifying the Circle of Prosperity as a Means to Reduce Economic Inequities
- A Proposal to Increase the Transparency and Quality of Electronic Health Records
- How to End Egregious Medical Bills
- The Exam
- Lefty vs. Righty
- A Pre-Thanksgiving Turkey Odyssey Through Camberville
- The Silent Cabaret in Room 302
- His Hubris. Her (The Turtle’s) Story
- ChatGPT 4.o: The Winner of the 2024 Presidential Election will be …
- Am I An Artist or A Maker?
- Boston Globe article of my creations on the Somerville Community Path
- Totality’s Duel Dawns: My Great Eclipse Adventure of 2024
- And She Will Learn Much More Than I’ll Ever Know
- The Joys of Cycling the Somerville Community Path / Minuteman Bikeway
- Bedford to Boston By Bike
- The Beauty of Math and Physics in Nature
- An Apology to the Woman I Splashed While Cycling on the Minuteman Bikeway
- The Making of Elly the Elephant
- The Make of George the Giraffe and Big Poppy