August 12, 2009
Rants- A woman from Prosser in Eastern Washington has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the first such case this year in Washington state.

August 12, 2009
Yesterday afternoon on a drive home from the Oregon Coast, my family’s car passed a heavy truck carrying five SUVs marked with the insignia of the Department of Homeland Security.

July 29, 2009
Rants- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the cost for treating obesity-related medical conditions in the United States might have hit $147 billion in 2008.

July 29, 2009
Despite the recent protests and violent upheaval that occurred in response to last month’s presidential elections in Iran, President Barack Obama continues to hold out an olive branch to the Islamic Republic for talks.

July 15, 2009
Rants- Scientists have discovered that the H1N1 influenza “Swine Flu” virus resembles the 1918 flu pandemic in its ability to attack human lungs in a more dangerous manner than the typical flu.

July 15, 2009
Latin America is facing a regional crisis on a level not seen since the early 1990s.

July 1, 2009
Rants- A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 47,000 elderly people in the United States visit emergency rooms each year as a result of falls from walkers and canes.

May 28, 2009
This particularly beautiful Memorial Day weekend ended, at least internationally, on a somber note as North Korea announced to the United Nations that it had conducted an underground nuclear test.

March 11, 2009
The inaugural speech given by President Obama on that chilly January day eight weeks ago in Washington, D.C.

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