By Don C. Reed Imagine yourself as a California college student, hoping to become a stem cell researcher. Like almost all students you are in need of financial help, and so (let’s say) you asked your college counselor if there were any scholarships available. To your...
By Don C. Reed My favorite mid-term election result? Kansas chose Laura Kelly for Governor, rejecting Kris Kobach. An architect of misery, Kobach is the man who designed Trump’s plan to make Mexican-Americans pay for the Southwest border wall. (He intended to tax the...
By Don C. Reed Young people: do you want to take care of your parents forever, providing both physical and financial care — until they (or you) pass away? If you are rich and can easily provide for them, then fine, you are lucky. But if you are like most folks, you...
By Don C. Reed Imagine a nightmare scenario. You go to the bathroom, and you urinate — blood. First, of course, you would wrack your brain for some harmless explanation: maybe you bumped into something, injuring yourself, so your kidneys are bleeding? Professional...
By Don C. Reed A few days ago, my wife Gloria and I went to a fundraiser for Montana Senator Jon Tester. The meeting was to be held at Bob and Danielle Klein’s home, in the hills near San Francisco. As we drove along the winding tree-lined roads, three deer looked up...