Articles
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
― George Washington
Doctors and the Law by Hon. Hiller B. Zobel and Stephen N. Rous, MD
This book is a thinly-veiled attempt to defend the status quo of litigation-on-demand — “better the devil you know than the one you don’t.” Essentially,
Public Policy by Lawsuit — No One Is Safe
In a 1993 two-part article at a height of the liability crisis, particularly with medical “malpractice” lawsuits,(1) I wrote that rampant litigation had become a
Trials of an Expert Witness by Harold L. Klawans, MD
If anyone is interested in reading about a physician (neurologist) who has learned the ropes of the court system and who entertains the reader with
Gun Control in Australia — Chaos Down Under
Last August, the rugged Aussie survivalist, whose real life exploits inspired the “Crocodile Dundee” movies, died in what then appeared to be a mysterious shootout
More Guns, Less Crime : Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics) by John R. Lott, Jr.
In this most momentous book, John R. Lott, Jr., studied the FBI’s massive yearly crime statistics for all 3,054 U.S. counties over 18 years (1977-1994),
Utilitarianism and the perversion of the ethics of Hippocrates
In their guidelines for resolving conflict in cases of non-beneficial or futile medical treatment, the San Francisco Bay Area Network of Ethics Committee continues the
