Archive for February, 2008

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By Sara Browning The race is on as Republican candidates for the United States Congress finish up last-minute campaigning and buckle down for the Republican Primary. The announcement of Ray Lahood’s retirement opened up a seat in the United States Congress and gave ambitious office-seekers reason to begin collecting votes. From the Republican Party emerged...
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Doctors Terry Meridan and Jeffrey Chang, are area experts who determine and treat ailments like Thyroid disorders all day if office hours permit. The thyroid gland is the biggest gland in the neck. It is situated in the anterior (front) neck below the skin and muscle layers. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland and...
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February is the month of hearts: candy hearts, valentine hearts, broken hearts. Perhaps this year, people should start to think about their own hearts. February is American Heart Month, an entire month devoted to education and awareness about the dangers of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The term cardiovascular disease includes heart disease, stroke, heart failure,...
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When Richard (Dick) Ingram began writing letters to his wife Doris in the ‘50’s, inaugurating a tradition was not his intention. His motivation was more basic. He needed an economical way to maintain contact with her while serving in the Enlisted Reserves. Phone calls were too expensive. He remembers, “I found it relaxing to...
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Political campaigns always seem to bring out crazy things and even crazy people. I don’t mean crazy in the sense of mental instability, but crazy as in bizarre or weird. Remember Ross Perot and Admiral Stockdale? Then there was the Florida silliness over the ballot “chads.” Who can forget the national media predicting...
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It was 40 years ago when progressive Americans started to believe that they could change politics, but the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the ostracism of Gene McCarthy and the “coronation” of centrist Hubert H. Humphrey showed that progressives shouldn’t expect to start at the top and work their way back to the grassroots. ...
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It turned out to be a very snowy game, making the stadium seem like one of those glass balls you shake and watch the “snow” come down covering whatever is in the globe… which in this case was over 72 thousand of us crowded into Lambeau Field. My daughter, Sarah, and I had been...
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Much like baseball managers, city managers are hired to be fired. But unlike baseball managers, who often lose their jobs when expensive free agents hired by the owners, city managers are dismissed for reasons that often are not apparent. If the team’s losing and their play is stinking up the place, there’s no hiding...
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It looked like a box of chocolates. A fancy ribbon held the contents secure but the receiver was hesitant to open the unexpected gift and gently pushed it aside. It was three days before Christmas 2007 and although I was the one who delivered the box, I was not the one who packed it. ...
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