Only about half of the $7.3 billion St. Jude has received in contributions in the past five fiscal years went to the hospital’s research and caring for patients, according to its financial filings with the Internal Revenue Service. About 30%… Read More ›
Phillip Spillane, a good friend of mine among the ambassadors, had called 911 to get paramedics to take her to Grady Hospital that Friday. He has made this call about once every two weeks, when the state of Harmony’s squalor… Read More ›
The above image shows a whiteboard. Yes, a whiteboard that looks like a picture which when opened up becomes a brilliant working from home tool. Many have struggled over the past 18 months to fit their work into their homes,… Read More ›
The “model” heterosexual family consists of an all-sacrificing mother, a paternalistic father and children free from disability. As such, Pratt’s post is a quintessential portrayal of American heterosexual masculinity — from the paternalism to the ableism, it is symbolic of… Read More ›
The only time I’ve ever slept in a cemetery was in 2018, in Vermont. I’d had a long day of biking and it was starting to get dark; the cemetery was the only place I could find to set up… Read More ›
I wrote yesterday about how we could not continue to consume the way we do and improve the climate, but then a small thought hit me concerning the smartphone. To quote myself- ‘Even if we ignore the planned obsolesce built… Read More ›
A few weeks ago I bought some fuel, after queuing for 30 minutes, and found myself next to an older lady in the queue waiting to pay. She commented on how ridiculous it was that there were fuel shortages, that… Read More ›
I listen to James O’Brien on LBC most days and truth be told he has really helped me through the pandemic while I have had to work from home. It helps that my leanings in politics, culture and seemingly in… Read More ›
I spent summers with my grandparents as a boy. My grandfather seemed old to me then, but he was only in his forties, just half his life lived. His days were ruled by routine. Up at 3 AM, he’d leave… Read More ›
The move to make e-cigarettes available on the NHS has largely been welcomed. Prof Alan Boobis, emeritus professor of toxicology at Imperial College London and chair of the UK Committee on Toxicity, said smokers could already buy e-cigarettes to try… Read More ›
McGST 