Posted in Health, tagged hypothyroid diagnosis, hypothyroid disease, hypothyroid symptoms, hypothyroidism and me, hypothyroidism inherited on January 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Diagnosed at 72 years old, I inherited hypothyroidism from my mother. Diagnosed late in life, like me, she experienced the same symptoms. Since my diagnosis, I have learned much about the disease and in the process learned much more about me.
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Posted in Health, Opinion, tagged Life According to Sam, My Philosophy for a Happy Life, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Rare Disease Known as Progeria, We Are All Richer For Having Known Sam Berns on January 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A Beloved Teenager Whose Very Rare Disease Known as Progeria Finally Caught Up To Him
Sam Berns, diagnosed with progeria in 1998, became well known for his fight against the disease. The disease is a rare genetic mutation that causes the body to produce the protein progerin, which causes accelerated aging. But the disease caught up to him
Read article here: We Are All Richer For Having Known Sam Berns
Posted in Opinion, Religion and Spirituality, tagged Catholic Church, Catholic leadership, Catholicism, economic justice, environment, homosexuality, James Carroll, morality capitalism, Pope Francis, religion, support poor, WHO AM I TO JUDGE? on January 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Pope Francis impresses me as a man who will walk the talk. Perhaps — just perhaps — his leadership will have sufficient impact to spur others to following him in his commitment to building a better world.
Read article here: James Carroll on Pope Francis: ‘WHO AM I TO JUDGE?’
Posted in Business, Opinion, tagged America’s Corporations Consumers Defend Workers’ Rights as Human Rights, businesses, Corporations, IKEA Canada, IKEA France, IKEA labor management practices, labor workers union on January 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Corporations have a responsibility not only to respect its stockholders and customers but its employees as well. Stockholders and consumers should understand that their experience with businesses who respect these rights would be greatly enhanced.
Read article here: America’s Corporations and Consumers Need to Defend Workers’ Rights as Human Rights
Posted in Economics, Opinion, Politics, tagged American Way of Capitalism, capitalism, food stamp program, inequality, New Tyranny, oligarchy, poor, poverty, republicans, small government, SNAP, Unemployment on January 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
To subjugate America: promote small government; maintain oligarchy; create greater inequality; keep wages low; eliminate safety nets, force people to work even if they cannot. This is the way of America’s capitalism and the new tyranny.
Read article here: Poverty Challenges America’s Way of Capitalism, Capitalisms Success becomes the ‘New Tyranny’
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