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DEMOCRATS! DO NOT SELF-DEFEAT! PROTECT OUR GOVERNOR!
By Don C. Reed Dear California Democrat: By now you should have received your ballot in the mail. It is crucial that you act on it. Fill it out—easy to do!—and send it back. This is the recall, the Republican attempt to fire Gavin Newsom. If enough people vote yes, he...
WHY I LOVE PROPOSITION 14
By Don C. Reed The purpose of Proposition 14 is to renew funding for the California stem cell program, formally the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, or CIRM. There are at least 133 million reasons to support Proposition 14: the California Stem Cell...
FIGHTING SKIN DISEASE: Another Reason to Vote Yes! on Prop 14
By Don C. Reed One day I did a thousand sit-ups; I don’t know why. I was in the eleventh grade, and just started doing them in PE class, going for a hundred at first, then continuing on and on. The person holding my ankles got bored and quit; somebody else harassed me...
HEARING LOSS vs. THE CALIFORNIA STEM CELL PROGRAM
HEARING LOSS vs. THE CALIFORNIA STEM CELL PROGRAMBy Don C. ReedWhat are your favorite sounds… I know one of mine.It was Winter in Pennsylvania. I was out of work and hungry. Every day I would check out the Day Labor office and see if there was a couple hours work...
HEARING LOSS vs. THE CALIFORNIA STEM CELL PROGRAM
By Don C. ReedWhat are your favorite sounds… I know one of mine.It was Winter in Pennsylvania. I was out of work and hungry. Every day I would check out the Day Labor office and see if there was a couple hours work unloading a van for minimum wage. One week I made $8...
OLD LIKE ME? CALIFORNIA STEM CELL RESEARCH NEEDS YOUR VOTE!
Dear Folks:At 75 years, and with a father of 98, I think about aging a lot. That is one reason I support Proposition 14, the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and Cures Initiative of 2020.If California says YES! ON November 3rd, Prop 14 will renew funding for...
FIGHTING SKIN DISEASE: Another Reason to Vote Yes! on Prop 14
By Don C. ReedOne day I did a thousand sit-ups; I don’t know why.I was in the eleventh grade, and just started doing them in PE class, going for a hundred at first, then continuing on and on. The person holding my ankles got bored and quit; somebody else harassed me...
R U LATINX? Have Diabetes/Kidney disease? Vote YES! on Prop 14
By Senator Art Torres, (Retd.) and Don C. ReedIf you are LatinX, like my late wife Gloria, it is vital to encourage your family, friends, and especially your groups or organizations — to vote YES! on Proposition 14, the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and...
WE DID IT BEFORE — AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN!
WE DID IT BEFORE — AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN!By Don C. ReedRemember that World War II battle song — “We did it before, and we can do it again, yes, we can do it again, we did it before — and we’ll do it again!”We DID do it before, remember? In 2003–2004 we fought the...
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