Paul Abrams

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Paul Abrams, M.D., J.D., is an entrepreneur who is currently a consultant in biotechnology, and chairs a bioremediation company. He was formerly President, CEO and Director of one publicly- traded, and another privately-held, biotechnology company, inventor on 12 US patents, co-editor of two scientific books and has published more than 35 peer-reviewed articles. He has been contributor to several journals on issues facing the biotechnology industry and entrepreneurs, an invited speaker at trade and financial conferences, and has testified before Congress on these matters.

He serves as a Board member of the Washington Progress Alliance, the Women's Bioethics Project, the Apollo Alliance (Washington State) and the Economic Opportunity Institute.

He received doctorate degrees in medicine and in law, and a B.A.summa cum laude in Political Science & Economics, all from Yale University. He is a board-certified oncologist and was editor of the Yale Law Journal. A former intercollegiate swimmer, he enjoys scuba-diving, general exercise, film, theater and plays guitar but, for the benefit of mankind, sings only in the shower.

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Bush Is America's #1 Appeaser-Coward-Patsy -- It's Time the Dems Said So

10 Comments | Posted May 16, 2008 | 08:14 AM (EST)


Once again, the Bushies have trotted out the appeasement charge, comparing to Neville Chamberlain people who believe that the only hope of getting anywhere with adversaries is to engage in discussions. That Bush made this charge as a guest of a foreign government, especially an Israeli government where many of...

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Bill Clinton to Rural W. Va.: "I'd Rather Be Here with You" -- Really? When Was His Last Visit?

11 Comments | Posted May 11, 2008 | 07:47 PM (EST)


According to press reports Bill Clinton is barnstorming through rural West Virginia telling people that everyone else is making fun of them, and him, that only Hillary believes they are just as smart as everyone else, and only Hillary believes that they have as much right to decide who will...

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Economists Tell Clintons to Continue Campaign

6 Comments | Posted May 8, 2008 | 12:00 PM (EST)


A group of 250 leading economists has signed a letter urging the Clintons to continue her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. "The remaining states have all fallen on hard times," said the letter, "and the Clinton campaign spends enormous amounts of money, forcing Obama to spend even more...

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Chuck Schumer and Ed Rendell: Only You Can Prevent the Nuclear Option, and Mutually Assured Destruction

14 Comments | Posted May 6, 2008 | 10:23 PM (EST)


Prior to the Iowa caucuses, I warned that no matter what the outcome of the ensuing contests, the Clintons would never, ever, drop out of the race ("If Obama Wins Iowa, Gore May Become President," January 2, 2008).

They have now proved that by declaring they would invoke the nuclear...

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Hillary Clinton Was Wrong on the 2 Big National Security Issues of Our Time

27 Comments | Posted May 5, 2008 | 01:38 AM (EST)


I have previously ("Clinton's Struggles to Explain Her Iraq Position", February 27, 2008) addressed Hillary Clinton's votes on the Iraq War. She not only voted for the Iraq War Resolution, she voted against the Levin Amendment that differed from the War Resolution only by forcing George Bush to seek...

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McCain is a Lousy Candidate: He Will Be Clobbered in November

57 Comments | Posted May 3, 2008 | 02:42 PM (EST)


The conventional wisdom that John McCain's remarkable powers of resurrection that captured the Republican nomination and that current polls showing him outperforming the generic Republican in a race with Obama or Hillary means that he will be a formidable general election candidate is false. He will get clobbered.

It...

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Obama the Choice of Those Who Know Both Clinton and Obama Best

40 Comments | Posted May 2, 2008 | 01:22 PM (EST)


Endorsements usually do not mean much, and have multiple, and sometimes unclear, motivations. Sometimes just old history with the person trumps other considerations such as nation and party.

Those hiring people for jobs do reference checks with former co-workers and former employers. Why? They have the best information about how...

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The After-Math: Obama Will Be Less Than 100 Delegates from the Nomination

14 Comments | Posted May 1, 2008 | 05:24 PM (EST)


On June 4, 2008, Barack Obama will be less than 100 delegates from wrapping up the nomination. That assumes he gets 50% of the North Carolina, Indiana and Guam delegates, takes only 45% of the remaining 217, and no other superdelegates (SDs) declare between now and then.

Today's unpledged SD...

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Bill Clinton Makes the Strongest Argument AGAINST Hillary's Nomination

19 Comments | Posted April 29, 2008 | 02:18 AM (EST)


In this strangest of political environments, where the exigencies of the moment supersede longer-term considerations, Bill Clinton has made the strongest case AGAINST the nomination of Hillary Clinton.

Remember a few weeks ago when Bill Clinton was telling everyone to "cool it," that Hillary's continuance in the race would have...

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Creationist Movie Expelled with Ben Stein: A Blasphemy to Nazi-Resister Teachers

59 Comments | Posted April 22, 2008 | 01:48 PM (EST)


There were many heroes who resisted Nazi occupation and practices during World War II. Some, like the Norwegian resister Max Manus, are the stuff of legend.

Teachers were among the major, but unsung heroes. When the Nazis occupied Norway, and installed the traitor Quisling as their puppet, they told the...

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Stephanopoulos Hits McCain for Holding US Troops Hostage to Iraqi Politicians

26 Comments | Posted April 21, 2008 | 12:32 PM (EST)


Say what you may about Stephanopoulos's performance at the Democratic debates, he hit the nail that may eventually seal the coffin of John McCain's presidential ambitions: "Don't your standards make American troops hostage to Iraqi politicians?" he asked him on This Week

McCain babbled a non-answer, but his war policy...

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McCainaanites: We Surrender US Sovereignty to Iraqi Politicians

6 Comments | Posted April 10, 2008 | 01:22 PM (EST)


Sovereignty is the ultimate expression of a nation's independence and autonomy. In constitutional and international law, it is a government's possessing full control over its own affairs, able to make decisions without supervision or veto by others.

Each of our states, for example, surrendered part of its sovereignty over...

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Hillary Clinton: "I Fought Muhammed Ali for the Heavyweight Championship"

Posted April 2, 2008 | 07:55 PM (EST)


At a campaign stop in Philadelphia, PA, Hillary Clinton furthered her identification with Rocky, recalling how she once stepped into the ring against Muhammed Ali.

Clinton said that she was sent to fight Ali when no one else would. "They used to say in the White House, if the...

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Maliki Asks Iran to Get al-Sadr to Ceasefire -- And John McCain Declares "Victory!"

12 Comments | Posted April 1, 2008 | 02:30 PM (EST)


The entire rationale for McCain's run for president is that he was for the surge before there was a surge, and, now, that surge is "a success." This is supposed to show that McCain is experienced in defense and foreign policy.

In the last two weeks we have witnessed this...

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Hagel: Barack Best to Unite Country

154 Comments | Posted March 29, 2008 | 02:53 AM (EST)


Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) said last night that, among the 3 remaining candidates, he thought Barack Obama had the best chance of bringing the country together. While he did not dismiss McCain (he's done that in the Senate) or Clinton (she's had some success in the Senate, not as much...

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Is McCain Able?

28 Comments | Posted March 28, 2008 | 08:34 AM (EST)


Everyone, friend and foe, begins comments about John McCain's readiness to be president by acknowledging his heroism during his captivity during the Vietnam War. For those who do not know, McCain was offered an early release because of the regard in which the North Vietnamese held his father, the Admiral...

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Hillary Clarifies '3AM': "I Was Asleep, Dreaming of Landing In Bosnia Under Sniper Fire"

9 Comments | Posted March 25, 2008 | 05:17 PM (EST)


Senator Hillary Clinton, candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, and former First Lady, today clarified her positions on her 3AM readiness and landing in Bosnia under sniper fire.

"I am asleep at 3AM", said Clinton, "and, like Martin Luthur King before me, I had a dream. I had a...

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SuperDuper Delegates: How About Some Leadership?

66 Comments | Posted March 21, 2008 | 10:21 PM (EST)


The Bush Administration has been so disastrous, and Republican Congressional rule so complicit and corrupt, that it seems to follow, "as the night the day", that the Democrats must take over just to staunch the bleeding.

But, what have the Democrats done to show they would do better? Where is...

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Iraq War "Worth It"?: Not a Single Volunteer from the Bush Family, a Republican Member of Congress, or Administration

Posted March 19, 2008 | 02:52 PM (EST)


To George W. Bush, the loss of nearly 4,000 lives, 30,000 wounded and $500B on the Iraq War is "worth it." But, there is no evidence his family, Republican members of Congress or any member of his Administration agrees -- unless, of course, they mean it is "worth it" for...

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Bush Screws America, Again: Economy Slips to #2

Posted March 16, 2008 | 01:46 PM (EST)


He did it to Arbusto Energy in the '70s, to Spectrum 7 and Harken Energy in the '80s. Enormous debt. Selling his shares to foreigners just days before a negative report on losses, leaving the other shareholders to shoulder the burden.

Now, he's done it to the United States of...

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