Cubs’ destiny … or a new curse?
Did the Cubs add a new curse to their repertoire? Or did they cannily remove the curse by trumpeting it — like a "double dare"? We all know about the...
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Katrina doctor’s acts may have been heroic
After reading "Where's the line on euthanasia, killing?" (Commentary, July 21), I can't help but think that the writer of the piece, Dr. Cory Franklin, has misunderstood the basic issue...
Mothers’ worries
Author Marla Paul feels vindicated that science has finally, after many contrary studies, supported the motherly wisdom of dressing warmly to avoid upper respiratory infections ("Mother knows best: Wear your...
Care for all
The story of the difficult plight of the late Ana Esparza (News, Feb. 20), who needed a liver transplant but was an undocumented immigrant, is heart-rending. Thankfully she got her...
Full disclosure
One point that Steve Chapman fails to address in his piece is that it's called the "morning-after pill" rather than the "week-after pill" because of the relative emergency nature of...
Blaming parents
Our 25-year-old son with severe autism was diagnosed in the transition period when the false and cruel theory of pointing the finger at "refrigerator mothers" was still prevalent. So our...
Health plans
Dennis Byrne sings the praises of a health savingsaccount plan that makes the enrollee use "discipline" when spending his or her own money on "routine maintenance" health visits, etc., but...
Causes of autism
It is interesting to have a Massachusetts physician write the Tribune with a plea to readers to not reject environmental causes for autism (Voice of the people, Aug. 2). This...
America’s elite
Richey G. Hope (Voice of the people, June 13) discussed the formation of an American plutocracy as a result of the GOP-engineered estate-tax elimination. I think it would be more...
TURN OUT LIGHTS
When I was a child, my mother would say, "Eat your peas; there are starving children in China." The 21st Century version is, "Turn out those lights, there are people...