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OF THOMAS PAYNE, AND UNCLE JOE
By Don C. Reed “These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.—Thomas Payne, December ...
OF ELEPHANTS, AND THE NATIONAL DEBT
By Don C. Reed What is the connection between an elephant and the national debt? Before I get to that, I want to make absolutely clear that the financial expert quoted in the article has no connection with me or my writing. I just came across her testimony...
HOW THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY CAN WIN THE ELECTION
By Don C. Reed Remember that song from the classic musical, “PAJAMA GAME”? “Seven and a half cents doesn’t buy a hell of a lot. Seven and a half cents doesn’t mean a thing; but give it to me every hour, forty hours every week, and that’s enough for me to be living...
FIT TO BE PRESIDENT?
By Don C. Reed Consider the physical, moral and political attributes. A one -mile walk/run might reveal the physical fitness of the current leading candidates, former President Donald J. Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden. Let the candidates show up in gym shorts...
SPINA BIFIDA PARALYSIS, AND THE CALIFORNIA STEM CELL PROGRAM
By Don C. Reed People ask: what has the California stem cell program done with the money entrusted to it? Here is one example. As the father of a paralyzed young man*, I sit up straight if someone mentions a possible cure for any kind of paralysis. The most common...
ON CHOOSING A PRESIDENT: the Environmental Vote
ON CHOOSING A PRESIDENT: the Environmental VoteBy Don C. ReedFor 15 years, (1972–86) I was an oceanarium diver for Marine World Africa USA, in Redwood City, California. Every day I worked among the sharks, dolphins, eels, seals and killer whales; I swam through beams...
OF CROCODILES, MIKE JOHNSON, AND STEM CELL RESEARCH
By Don C. Reed As a long-time supporter of stem cell research, I was worried when social conservative Mike Johnson (R-LA) was chosen as the new Speaker of the House. He has a persuasive voice like the radio performer he once was, and a gentle smile: in short, he is a...
AUTISM: the Thief of Speech
By Don C. Reed Imagine a beloved infant child, and he/she smiles at you — but there is something wrong. You wait for the precious little words, the garbled “baby talk” which will gradually polish into speech — but it doesn’t come. Autism is an array of “developmental...
MATTHEW MARK BLURTON-JONES — and the Central Nervous System’s Defense
By Don C. Reed Imagine cartoon warriors; make them very tough. Give each one a spear and a shield — They are called microglia (my-cro-glee-uh) and they live in your brain. Well, okay, I exaggerated just a bit — microglia don’t have spears and shields — but they are...
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