Are you thinking about hospice care? Better be careful! Hospice will kill you! Hospice means there’s nothing more that can be done! Hospice is all about giving up! Hearing false and misleading statements like those three prompted me to write "A Companion for the Hospice Journey." Any discussion about hospice...
Tale of Sex, Deception & NRA Involving Suspected Russian Agent
WASHINGTON — A 29-year-old gun-rights activist suspected of being a covert Russian agent was likely in contact with Kremlin operatives while living in the United States, prosecutors said Wednesday in court papers that accused her of using sex and deception to forge influential connections. The woman, Maria Butina, was photographed...
Stormy Daniels' Striptease Act Bookends Trump's Court Reveal
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump exercised his power by nominating Brett Kavanaugh Monday night at the White House, adult film star Stormy Daniels exercised hers about a mile away, wearing nothing but black heels. "She is the one person who could take down Donald Trump," said Diana Lautenberger, 34,...
Walters Cites California Examples of Absolute Power Corrupting
In his Jan. 15 column for CALmatters, Dan Walters tells the tale of two powerful California politicians from the past: the late John Vasconcellos and Lou Papan. Vasconcellos, you might recall, was chairman of the Assembly’s budget committee and a big booster of the self-esteem movement. Papan was chairman of...
Walters Cites California Examples of Absolute Power Corrupting
In his Jan. 15 column for CALmatters, Dan Walters tells the tale of two powerful California politicians from the past: the late John Vasconcellos and Lou Papan. Vasconcellos, you might recall, was chairman of the Assembly’s budget committee and a big booster of the self-esteem movement. Papan was chairman of...