Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Jun 07 2006
Health homework
Aside from whatever personal moral position I might take on women's health and reproductive issues, an online article from "Glamour" confirms my notion that each of us should think of physicians as only one of the many resources available to us in the care of our minds and bodies. And we each need to take time to check into studies and reports with an eye toward original sources (and any associated agendas) of those disseminating the information we use to make choices in both day-to-day and emergency health issues.
posted at: 10:10 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
Aside from whatever personal moral position I might take on women's health and reproductive issues, an online article from "Glamour" confirms my notion that each of us should think of physicians as only one of the many resources available to us in the care of our minds and bodies. And we each need to take time to check into studies and reports with an eye toward original sources (and any associated agendas) of those disseminating the information we use to make choices in both day-to-day and emergency health issues.
posted at: 10:10 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
Each vote matters
My day working at a polling place yesterday was a long, satisfying day, though it would have been great to have a higher voter participation. Many times people don't make the effort to vote in primary elections unless there is a local hot-button issue that they believe affects them on a more personal level. What I would suggest to voters is to remember that many national issues grew from local issues, and that every national or state candidate began their political life in one or more "local" communities. Our local voting interests may often seem to be disconnected from state or national ones, but all candidates and ballot measures can have impacts that will either trickle down to the local community or work their way up to a potentially worldwide political arena.
posted at: 09:56 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
My day working at a polling place yesterday was a long, satisfying day, though it would have been great to have a higher voter participation. Many times people don't make the effort to vote in primary elections unless there is a local hot-button issue that they believe affects them on a more personal level. What I would suggest to voters is to remember that many national issues grew from local issues, and that every national or state candidate began their political life in one or more "local" communities. Our local voting interests may often seem to be disconnected from state or national ones, but all candidates and ballot measures can have impacts that will either trickle down to the local community or work their way up to a potentially worldwide political arena.
posted at: 09:56 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
