The Evil Ezekiel Emanuel

08-27-2009 • Economic Policy Journal

There is no other way to put this. Ezekiel Emanuel is probably the most dangerous man on earth. He wants to decide whether you live or die, "for the good of society." He thinks there are too many new drugs coming on the market. He has the ear of the President and his brother sits next to the President as chief of staff. If you lump all the mad scientists that have been put on the big screen by Hollywood, you are still not going to come up with the mad, totally insane ideas of Ezekiel Emanuel. To support my contentions, I bring to your attention an Op-Ed written in today's WSJ by Betsy McCaughey. She is chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths and a former lieutenant governor of New York state. Is Ezekiel against doctors doing their damnedest to help the patient in front of him? You bet he is. Here's McCaughey: Dr. Emanuel is part of a school of thought that redefines a physician’s duty, insisting that it includes working for the greater good of s