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A man, just a few years into his retirement, wakes up one day to notice some peculiar health symptoms. While he has always been in generally good health, something feels abnormal. He has severe lower back pain as well as an odd cough and a bit of difficulty breathing. He can’t seem to find a comfortable position to sleep, and he just does not feel right at all. Deciding that he is not himself and that his symptoms are definitely unusual (even alarming) he heads to the local emergency room. From there he is admitted to the intensive care unit and, after a barrage of tests, finds out that he had a pulmonary embolism. He is stabilized, monitored, and given a course of anti-coagulant (blood thinning) medication. Within a few days, he is on his way, prescription in hand and back to his normal routine. Man number one lives modestly but comfortably with a pension and comprehensive health insurance. He does not think twice about heading to the hospital when he feels he needs care...

The Brett Kavanaugh hearings proved to be yet another shameless foray into political theatre - not much more than a spectacle of the utmost proportions. Surrounding one highly credible and candid witness (Blasey Ford), we saw self-serving members of Congress jockeying for future positions with their sometimes ridiculous, sometimes laughable, and sometimes overwrought rhetoric. We saw a very typical entitled rich white man acting as if he had worked hard his whole life and deserved every great fortune he has received. He seemingly had no regrets or mistakes in his past (or present, or future, presumably). It’s fairly obvious that Kavanaugh cannot be trusted. He has already perjured himself in the past . We didn’t need to hear the Republicans spew their litany of erroneous, misogynist, religious-tinged nonsense. We didn’t need to hear the Democrats attempt to be heroes, however disingenuous they may be. (Ahem – does Juanita Broaddrick ring a bell?) What I think we need to hea...