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By Don C. Reed Other than being spectacularly flat, my feet gave me no trouble for my first 72 years. True, when I stepped out of water, the tracks my feet left would be completely filled in — no arch. And the noise of my footfalls was “flop flop flop!”, like walking...
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By Don C. Reed What legacy do we leave our children and grandchildren? From me, not a lot: when I am gone my children and grand-kids will inherit whatever portion of my house that’s not mortgaged, that’s about it. But one thing you and I together can leave, which the...
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By Don C. Reed Remember 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 great Proposition 71 stem cell battle, and...
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By Senator Art Torres, (Retd.) and Don C. Reed If 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...
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By Don C. Reed What 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...
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By Don C. Reed In the movie THE FAMILY STONE, Dianne Keaton’s character had a double mastectomy — amputation for breast cancer. I heard later that the actress had fought hard to retain that shocking scene, which made breast cancer real for millions. (1) The impact on...
