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The Anti-Woman Voting Act
By Don C. Reed Republicans have a sneaky new bill called “the SAVE Act: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.“ (1) It seems harmless enough at first glance: the name on the birth certificate must exactly match the one on the voting material, or it is...
IF JONAS SALK WAS ALIVE TODAY: the Politics of Fetal Cell Research
By Don C. Reed The Trump Administration — for the second time — has blocked Federal funding of fetal cell research. (1) Does that matter? It might if you are old enough to remember polio, that hideous condition which slowly strangled sufferers to death. The only...
PROPOSITION 50 AND THE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION
By Don C. Reed Many of us make a New Year’s resolution — and forget it right away. It’s understandable: We are busy with our lives, and don’t need any more chores. So — maybe we should just skip the whole process? I vote we try it anyway. Even the smallest improvement...
THE RETURN OF ROMAN’S LAW?
By Don C. Reed On September 10th, 1994, my son Roman Reed broke his neck in a college football game, and became paralyzed from the shoulders down. That was 30 years ago. But Roman never lost heart. “This is just temporary,” he would say. There were surprises ahead....
THE HOUR IS NOW: Vote Yes on Proposition 50 — and Hurry, I am Running Out of Exclamation Points!!
In California, our special election day is November 4th. We will be deciding yes or no on Proposition 50, a crucially important measure. As you recall, President Trump told Texas Governor Greg Abbott to make 5 new Republican-friendly voting districts. If allowed (they...
THE DEMOCRATIC INSTANT
By Don C. Reed Voting : a simple chore, perhaps, but packed with power and consequence. Sometimes it boils down to a personality coflict. like Kennedy vs. Nixon. Other votes are tests of political machinery, Dems v. GOP: which side is the best organized and financed....
ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Vote Yes! on Proposition 50
By Don C. Reed President Trump said recently that he was going to change the way we protected endangered species. From now on, he said, we were going to “protect the animal, but not its environment”. (1) This does not make sense. If we don’t protect the environment,...
HISPANIC STRENGTH: Proposition 50 Deserves Support
HISPANIC STRENGTH: Proposition 50 Deserves SupportBy Don C. ReedMy wife of 50 years was Hispanic (she recently passed away) and very strong in faith and family. But politically, I always felt Latinos never fully utilized their power. In California, for example,...
HISPANICS, ASIANS, AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS — VOTE “YES!!” ON PROPOSITION 50
By Don C. Reed If you are Hispanic, Asian, or African-American, Proposition 50 will advance your goals. If accepted by the voters, Proposition 50 will balance the Republican manipulation of the voting maps. As you recall, Donald Trump asked the Governor of Texas to...
Don Reed's NEW BOOK - "Science, Politics, Stem Cells and Genes: California's War on Chronic Disease"
California’s War on Chronic Disease
By Don C. Reed, World Scientific Publishing, April 2023