Today is International Women’s Day. As an old white guy, let me put my spin on this. I’ve met a lot of strong women in my life. Some as tough as nails and yet still so fragile in stature. A few are worth spending a little time talking about. First is my mother. Broken down with Arthritis her whole adult life, she carried on. Volunteered at Swedish Hospital on weekly...
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Friday October 24th is international Polio Day. It may not mean much to most Americans, since Polio has been gone here in the states for over fifty years. Other parts of the world haven’t been as lucky. In 1985 there were 120 countries with over 300,000 new cases of Polio every year. Last year there were a few hundred cases in a handful of countries. All the cases came...
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Sometimes it angers me that “we” Americans think we can solve everything by dropping a few bombs on the bad guys. Syria is in deep trouble and the question is what should be done about it? Over the last few years there have been numerous opportunities to bomb places. Whether it is Syria, Tunisia, Egypt, or Libya the area around the Mediterranean is a hotbed for...
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