Monthly Archives: April 2020

Last Wish

About a month ago when the shutdown was starting and the Corona virus was just starting to kill people in serious numbers in this country we had an uncomfortable conversation in our kitchen.  It didn’t go well. I share it … Continue reading

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No Column This Week

I’ve been plugging away at writing this column for over three years now so I thought I’d take a break. There will be no column this week. Initially I’d thought, since we are nearing the primary election, I could say … Continue reading

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Pandemic Placebo

The buzz drummed up around hydroxychloroquine by our President as a treatment for Covid19 doesn’t surprise me. Honestly, a lot of politics is snake oil and he’s proven to be really good at selling it to some of us. But … Continue reading

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Time Waits for no Fish

The pool hall is closed, the streets are quiet but there’s still work to do. You should be reading the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Columbia River System and submitting a comment. The deadline is April 13th, so get … Continue reading

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Progress

Last week I saw all my patients (except one) by phone or online visit: telehealth. Thanks to our global pandemic us old doctors are having to learn new tricks. It was telling that the telehealth, online visits were mostly with … Continue reading

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