Researchers at UCSF are working on a potential new treatment for childhood leukemia. The senior author of a paper published in March in the Science Transactional Medicine details a new drug that although has not been shown to be a cure, did have a signicifant impact in lessoning the symptoms in the mouse studies currently […]
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Celebration of Life fashion show for the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society will hold it’s 16th annual Celebration of Life Fashion show Friday March 25, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey. Fashions from local merchants will be modeled by cancer survivors with proceeds to benefit the American Cancer society of Monterey County. The show and luncheon, which will begin at 11:00 am, will […]
Buying Government: Are Corporate Campaign Contributions An Inalienable Right?
Trust-busting president Teddy Roosevelt railed against the fat cats of his time. So did Louisiana Governor and U.S. Senator Huey Long, as flawed as he was. We need people like that in office today, because the fat cats are still fat and getting fatter – often at the expense of the handicapped, the mentally retarded, […]
Both China and the US Abuse Human Rights – Outrageous Fourth Amendment Violations Approved by 293 House Members
Some will argue there is a big difference between the totalitarian government of the Chinese and the current Bush Administration. The current Bush administration is decidedly authoritarian and acts very much like the Chinese government in many ways. The Chinese torture political prisoners; the Bush Administration tortures political prisoners.The Chinese are not bound by Constitutional […]
One Vote Away from Constitutional Disaster – the Case for an Obama-Clinton ticket
For those of us who cherish civil liberties, the last thing we need is Sen. John McCain in the Oval Office. What many people don’t think about when pulling the lever in the voting booth is that the president appoints judges that control their lives – not only appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court, but […]
