Hollywood. Washington. Ukraine.Violence is breaking out all over, in places we thought we鈥檇 never see it: on the Academy Awards stage, in the Capitol and a war in Europe.Are these ugly events somehow connected?Let鈥檚 take the Academy scene first. Will Smith struck Chris Rock across the face. ...
Once again, let me preface this with 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know if it will work, but I just know that it will.鈥� If I remember correctly, there are well over 100 different types of autoimmune diseases. These diseases are basically a manifestation of our immune systems attacking our own bodies. My ...
Want something cheerful to think about as you鈥檙e pouring $40 or $50 worth of gasoline in your tank? Imagine a scene that might not be all that far in the future.You鈥檙e driving down the road and pass a gas station. They are still there and still selling the gasoline that鈥檚 been used to ...
Alan Deutschman wrote a book several years ago with that exact title, 鈥淐hange or Die.鈥� In the book he posed the question, 鈥淲hat if you were given that choice to change or die, and if you didn鈥檛 change, your time would end a lot sooner than it had to?鈥� The question then becomes, could ...
After confronting a five-alarm crisis in public health over the last two years 鈥� one that might not yet be over 鈥� it's understandable that anyone would feel bone-weary at the thought of another public health crisis waiting just over the horizon.But a recently issued report by the ...
Longtime lawmaker John Murtha was an important foreign policy figure in Washington. The Johnstown congressman, who died 12 years ago at the age of 77, was a force to be reckoned with, even by presidents.A Democrat who at one time or another represented Fayette and portions of Washington County, ...
