Our family doctor asked my wife and I to come into her office. She sat us down, looked over Gloria’s chart. When she spoke, there were tears in her eyes, and she said those words you never want to hear your doctor say: “I’m sorry.” Gloria had pancreatic cancer, the...
By Don C. Reed Why does America need public broadcasting? I can tell you in eleven words. America needs NPR because it tells both sides of the story. Prove it for yourself. Turn on your local public news station and listen to a few of the stories. You will notice a...
By Don C. Reed If I have something really important to remember, I might write a note on my hand — like, “get milk”. But if I had to keep track of all the issues in Washington? I wouldn’t have enough hands! It helps, of course, to limit the number of issues — — like...
By Don C. Reed America is locked in a gigantic conflict — the war against chronic disease. (1) Do I exaggerate? Our nation’s total health care cost is $4.5 trillion dollars. Ninety per cent of that (90%) goes to the costs of chronic (long-lasting or incurable)...
By Don C. Reed Imagine if someone could disqualify an entire gender’s votes. A new law, (1) soon to be brought before the United States Senate, could essentially do just that. Grossly mis-named, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE), S. 128 / could...
By Don C. Reed One day in Champawat, India, a tiger stepped on a porcupine quill. The quill was barbed, and it broke off inside the tiger’s paw; she could not bite it out. Worse, this meant she could no longer catch her normal prey When she leaped, the quill made her...
