Monthly Archives: June 2009

roots & cultures

A good friend of mine inspired me to write this post. In the eight or so years that we’ve known each other, she has been relentless in extolling the healing properties of ginger. And she kicked it up a notch … Continue reading

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Filed under health & fitness, healthy and wise, musings on cancer and chemo

round two: doctors versus obama

Last Wednesday, the American Medical Association announced plans to publicly oppose President Obama’s health care reform. The AMA, a powerful 250,000-member physicians’ group, is against a government-sponsored health care option, which it claims will restrict patients’ choices by driving out … Continue reading

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Filed under health care, healthy and wise, musings on cancer and chemo, obama, the uninsured and underinsured

states’ rights & the politics of pot

Peter Tosh, one of reggae’s original bad boys, may have been on to something in 1976 when he promoted the use of marijuana for medical purposes in his aptly named song “Legalize It.” Of course, he also promoted it for … Continue reading

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Filed under healthy and wise, the medical marijuana debate