It’s now the first thing I think about in the morning and the last thing I think about at night. Not to mention most of the time in between. Cancer. You see, a phone call Thursday confirmed that last Wednesday’s biopsy was positive for grade… Read More ›
“On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or… Read More ›
Those supporting the proposed Death with Dignity law in Colorado will be disappointed to learn the bill failed yesterday to get out of the Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services. The Denver Post reported the bill was defeated on an 8-5 bipartisan vote…. Read More ›
February is American Heart Month and Friday, Feb. 6, is National Wear Red Day, promoted annually by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS Office on Women’s Health, and many other groups… Read More ›
It happened this week. A bill proposing the Colorado Death with Dignity Act was introduced in the Colorado General Assembly. I’m trying to temper my excitement. I want so much for it to pass, but I’m soured on politics and the… Read More ›
Ideally I’d require anti-vaxxers, whom I consider to be irresponsible, misinformed, and selfish, to live in special compounds or communities away from the rest of society. Less ideal but more practical, I’d require a child to have all vaccinations before… Read More ›
Anti-abortion proponents have for years relied on trickery when approaching frightened, desperate women who want an abortion. On the street, in advertisements, and at the very doors of abortion clinics, they offer to “help” such women and then provide only anti-abortion propaganda…. Read More ›
It’s been several weeks since I complained about the media fueling the Ebola panic. Since then things have only gotten worse and frankly I’ve been too exasperated to say anything. The media haven’t stopped talking about it, the government has jumped in… Read More ›
This Saturday, one day after her husband’s birthday, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard will end her life. An Oregon resident with incurable brain cancer, she has chosen death with dignity rather than suffer what has been described as a horrible way to die. As I’ve noted… Read More ›
One week from today is November 4, Election Day in the United States and, mercifully, that will be the end of the 2014 political campaigns. Of course, the 2016 campaigning for president is already unofficially underway, but we can let… Read More ›
I saw my doctor yesterday for a routine check-up and can confirm there is now a second type of pneumonia vaccine — PCV13 (Prevnar 13) — being recommended for seniors. It is different from the one most of us have already… Read More ›
