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A maskless feast

Food cravings. We all get them. For me it’s usually potato chips. Or Ghirardelli chocolate. Women often confess that being with child turns on the crave hormone. Just this week I saw an Instagram video of a guy coming out of anesthesia following surgery. A visiting person in recovery handed ...

What if Bill Gardner got a presidential call?

The January 2 one-hour phone call by President Trump demanding the Georgia Secretary of State to find 11,780 votes so Trump could carry Georgia is an abuse of his office and federal law (52 US Code section 20511 (2)(B). Georgia’s Secretary of State calmly explained to Mr. Trump that they ...

Making politics a war zone

There are many things Donald Trump’s presidency will be remembered for, but the one that may be the most haunting is turning political discourse into a war zone. The culmination of this effort was the seditious riots in the nation’s Capitol Building by a Trump-inspired mob in an attempt ...

At-risk populations need to be priority

An end to the pandemic is finally in sight. Both Pfizer and Moderna reported that their vaccine candidates are 95 percent effective, and subsequently received emergency use authorization from the FDA. Prioritizing the delivery of vaccines to people most at risk – including those with ...

One Paul’s Opinion: A fine how do you do

Recently, on January 6, events shook our nation in ways that will be examined for years. I want to talk about how one man kept calm, and acted as a beacon of safety and security for all who could see him. In the middle of an ocean of chaos, he gave us signs that plans were already underway to ...