Back in 2000, Congressman Tom Campbell, a liberal Republican who had served five terms representing Silicon Valley, resigned to run for the Senate against Dianne Feinstein. At the time I was working as public information…
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The billionaire team owners are called “governors” of the National Basketball Association. The mouthpiece hired by the governors to advance their interests is called “the commissioner.” Players getting time off during the season to rest…
J&J’s Bankruptcy Ploy Johnson & Johnson, deemed the “world’s most admired pharmaceutical company” by Fortune Magazine, has a net worth of $420 billion. In 2021, faced with more than 50,000 claims (and substantial scientific evidence)…
“That Feeling of Climate Doom? It’s Called Eco-Anxiety.” The headline over a full-page piece in the Sunday NY Times made me think maybe Jason Horowitz was going to satirize the medicalization of every problem we…
Michael Krawitz, an Air Force veteran who has been working for three decades to legalize the medical use of marijuana, emailed this heartfelt but vague invitation to Dr. Jeffrey Hergenrather: “The Veterans Action Council has…
Dr. Jeffrey Hergenrather of Sebastopol is an OG among cannabis clinicians. He incorporated the herb into his practice back in the 1970s when he and his young family were living at The Farm, an intentional…
August 21, 2023 — Pebbles Trippet is in Tijuana about to undergo four days of stem cell therapy to treat Chronic Obstetric Pulmonary Disorder (COPD). Dr. Salomon Karam, whose degree is in “regenerative medicine,” will…
Tensions suppressed during the elders’ lifetime usually emerge when their estates are adjudicated. If the deceased weren’t rich, these tensions go unnoticed except by members of the families involved. If they were rich — and…
In response to our item about Major League Baseball’s hypocritical “homage” to the Negro Leagues, John Woodford – an AVA reader whose resume includes Times correspondent and editor of Muhammad Speaks – sent along an…