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January 24, 2022

Health Workers on the Political Frontlines

Those speaking out are following in a long and honourable tradition. Florence Nightingale was a powerful advocate for her patients, writing thousands of letters about the terrible conditions they often had to endure....

January 23, 2022

Look for Me

Pulitzer prize winner for poetry and former national poet laureate compares himself to a car deserted in the forest....

January 21, 2022

Parenting in the World's Worst Managed Pandemic

This is parenting in the days of omicron, swimming in an ocean of angst, with currents constantly shifting direction, an awkward soup of fear, determination and gratitude for those doing the hard work of keeping schools working....

January 20, 2022

For the Sake of Strangers

Tolstoy said, “Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.”...

January 19, 2022

Here’s Where (and how) You are Most Likely to Catch COVID – New Study

While it is almost certain that you are going to catch the virus sometime, let that sometime be later when hospitals can handle it better. Here's the latest on how to avoid getting infected....

January 19, 2022

Loving Life More (Thanks to my Pets)

I love animals. Any kind of animal. Sometimes, even the scary-looking ones and the mythical creatures in the stories that Mama read to me every night when I was still very young....

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