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A suggestion to Congress | Ott Observations

By now, our newly elected House of Representatives has gotten organized for action. A House Speaker has been elected and committee assignments have been determined.  We should soon learn of…

Idols | Mark’s Remarks

I dropped one of my kids at an activity once and wheeled around in the parking lot to head back the way I’d arrived. As I wheeled around, I saw…

Graham A. Colditz, MD, Deputy Director, Institute for Public Health, is photographed at FLTC on March 15, 2022. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Understanding prostate cancer screening and prevention | For Your Health

By Dr. Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center Prostate cancer isn’t a pleasant topic to think about. But at the same time, it’s a cancer that many of us are,…

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Champions | Movie Review

I was hoping that the new movie “Champions” starring Woody Harrelson and directed by Bobby Farrelly would do good things for the community of the intellectually disabled. It certainly had…

Need to know basis | Mark’s Remarks

System overload.   All I can say is this is the reason as I grow older, I no longer have a need for superfluous information and details.  It’s very callous…

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Public-private joint efforts | Ott Observations

I’ve been thinking about President Biden’s proposals to help students with college debt.  I do believe there is a real problem with the costs of attending college, which limits who…

Cleared schedules and memory loss | Mark’s Remarks

I think we all might have been created with the innate ability to crave solitude and peace. And clear schedules.   What do you think? As I grow older, I’m…

Food nostalgia | Mark’s Remarks

I wax nostalgic over just about anything.  Lately, it seems I’ve had several conversations with people about the foods we used to eat all the time.  Some of it, while…

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Valuing adaptivity | Ott Observations

For the first time in a long time, our newly seated Congress has less than 50 percent of its members coming from the “Baby Boom” generation. Despite being a Boomer,…

Feeling dumb | Mark’s Remarks

I have been a genealogist of sorts since I was a little kid. I would sit at my grandma’s kitchen table and jot down names of people and birth dates…