WITH EVERYTHING RIDING ON ONE SPEECH By Don C. Reed On the fourth day of the Democratic Convention, July 28th, 2016,  my wife Gloria and I sat on the couch, waiting for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s acceptance speech, to be nominated for the Presidency of the United...

DEMOCRATS, DO NOT BE CHEATED! By Don C. Reed Who do you want choosing the Supreme Court membership: Hillary or Donald? That is the choice before us now. Look at what is already happening. Across the country, a flood of money is allowing a quiet Republican takeover. ...

REPUBLICAN PARTY GOES OFF THE DEEP END By Don C. Reed Watching the Trump Republican convention was not encouraging for the future of democracy. My worries began with the denial of the “Conscience Amendment”. Instead of allowing a state-by-state roll-call vote on...

HILLARY: “WALK ON THROUGH THE WIND…” By Don C. Reed Remember that grand old song “You’ll Never Walk Alone”? “Walk on through the wind, walk on through the rain, though your dreams be tossed and blown…”-- Rogers and Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL Throughout her career, Hillary...

THE SINGAPORE RESEARCH STORY: edited by Hang Chang Chieh, Low Teck Seng, and Raj Thampuran; World Scientific Publishing, Inc. 2016 Reviewed by Don C. Reed Disclaimer: World Scientific published one of  my  books, “STEM CELL BATTLES:  Proposition 71 and Beyond”, so I...

  BERKELEY STEM CELL CENTER IN THE RAIN By Don C. Reed It was raining as I walked across the UC Berkeley campus: not a flooding downpour, like the one which made Gene Kelly throw back his head in the MGM classic “SINGIN' IN THE RAIN”, but still enough to bring a...

AMERICA MUST NOT LOSE By Don C. Reed With her overwhelming victory in California, Hillary Clinton has secured the Democratic nomination. She has more delegates, more super delegates, and millions more votes than Bernie Sanders. The Senator from Vermont may still hope...

A NICKNAME FOR DONALD TRUMP? By Don C. Reed What nickname would fit Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump? Certainly he has not been shy about naming his rivals: “Lyin’ Ted”, “Little Marco”, “Heartless Hillary”, “Crazy Bernie”, etc…...

MEETINGS WITH THE CLINTONS By Don C. Reed The first time I “met” Hillary Rodham Clinton does not really count:  I was in the back of a huge crowd in Oakland, so far away I could barely understand her words. She was running for President against Barrack Obama, and my...