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Not ready to give up. Will you help fight a truculent tumor?
A few days ago, I posted this story about a healthcare crisis that’s giving me a couple options: 1) move to a country with universal healthcare and a Center for Excellence for a specific type of...
View ArticleDear Mr. Elected Official: We need to talk about these allegations
Dear Mr. Elected Official Representing My State House District:We need to talk about our relationship. We first met when you were first running for that N.C. House District seat in 2012, and we’ve...
View ArticleTorture as a "moral issue" and a 2004 secret US Command report mistakenly...
Warning dear readers that I’ve been sick and I’m plumb wore out, so this diary will be briefer and more lightly sourced than it should be; I just want to put a placemark in my 16-year research into our...
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Phonebank Soup for the Soul
Oh, the dreaded phonebank. Before I tell you another long, rambling story, I’ll skip to the end: Last night I phonebanked in support of the upcoming North Carolina teacher walkout and rally, and I had...
View ArticleUPDATED: CIA destroyed video recordings but kept written transcripts of...
A couple days ago, I posted a diary about a 2004 “for eyes only” USCENTCOM report that was mistakenly mailed to me by a young aide at then-Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s office. The report came as the result of...
View ArticleIt Takes More Than a Bake Sale and GoFundMe to Fix a Broken Brain
First of all, I’m not asking y’all for money again. Thanks to many friends on DKos and in Netroots Nation and with Moral Monday and a whole gigantically glorious community of friends, I have what I...
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The Time Since Yasemin Took Her Life
There was a time before my daughter Yasemin took her life, and a time after. Today marks the start of Week Eight without her.Yasemin Deborah “YaYa” Yaman died at her home in Kingston, Jamaica, on...
View ArticleIt's time for The Talk about military suicides
Sometimes an issue can’t be put off any longer. We have to address it. Our families have to have The Talk. You know the ones; President Biden mentioned one of them in his 2023 State of the Union...
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