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Free Ride to the Polls!
By Don C. Reed Most of the year, I try very hard to be non-partisan. But this may be the most crucial vote of our lifetime. We desperately need a check and balance against the President in office. To do this, we must take back the House, which we can do. But first,...
YOUNG PEOPLE! PROTECT YOUR PARENTS — AND YOURSELVES
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...
REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER! Don’t be Cheated of Your Right to Vote!
By Don C. Reed When November 6th rolls around, I will absolutely vote. No big deal, right—just show up at the voting booths and fill out a voter card? And yet it is everything: our American chance to participate in power. If I was not already registered, I would do so...
FIGHTING BLADDER CANCER: Benefit # 53 (of 71) of the California Stem Cell Agency
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...
RATTLESNAKES AND DARK MONEY
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...
FIGHTING DUCHENNE: Benefit #52 (of 71) of the California Stem Cell Research Program
By Don C. Reed Caleb Sizemore approached the speaker’s platform, to address the Board of Directors of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Two things stood out: an astonishing smile, lit by blazing blue-green eyes — and the carefulness of his...
Benefit # 51 (of 71) of the California Stem Cell Program: COOPERATION WITH SACRAMENTO
By Don C. Reed I wish you could have been there, August 15th, 2018, at the state Capitol building, Sacramento, California. It was a Biomed Committee hearing for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), formed by the citizens’ initiative, Proposition...
THE DECISIONS OF CLAIRE McCASKILL
By Don C. Reed By the time you read this, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill may have made the second-most important decision of her career: whether or not to support Judge Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court. Second-most important decision? ...
Battling Schizophrenia: Benefit #51 of the California Stem Cell Program
By Don C. Reed Imagine a calm persuasive voice, telling you to pick up a gun, put it to your head, and squeeze the trigger—you would say no, of course-- but what if that voice repeated itself, over and over, and it came from inside your mind? ...
Don Reed's NEW BOOK - - "CALIFORNIA CURES!"
How the California Stem Cell Research Program
is Fighting Your Incurable Disease!
By (author): Don C Reed (Americans for Cures Foundation, USA)
Thirteen years ago, America faced an epidemic of chronic disease: cancer, paralysis, blindness, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and more. However, with the strength of patient advocates, California said YES! to a 3 billion dollar stem cell research program...