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Monthly Archives: February 2024
Numbers
Nobody roused a crowd talking about numbers. Images stir us. Just look at TikTok. But the numbers tell the truth. Maybe we just don’t want to know the truth. The brouhaha about how Idaho’s budget committee (Joint Finance and Appropriations … Continue reading
Coroner Story: Another Gun
This call came right after dinner. Martha would wrangle the little girls to bed, I could go do the coroner business and keep being a doctor in the morning. I was chipper. I didn’t have to go far. It was … Continue reading
Borders
Dale found this service both meaningful and convenient. The militia had discussed the southern border problem for weeks but had finally come to this compromise. The whole militia could have loaded up and gone down to Texas where they would … Continue reading
Coroner Story: A Gun
I was starting one of my usual working days, seeing patients as a family physician. I got a call from the sheriff’s office early in the morning. I was interrupted from seeing a physical to come out and talk to … Continue reading
Coroner Poem#7
Apartments full of sleeping students Draped with white sheets of snow Over the old apple orchard knoll Where he shot himself some years ago. He sat on an old apple tree stump. Facing south, there was no sun only cloud. … Continue reading
Idiots
Are we, or are they? Maybe they just think we are. Megan Blanksma is no idiot. But her posture of protecting us from government intrusion makes me think she might think us so. Shame on her. She wants to change … Continue reading
Coroner Story: Hunting
It’s hard not to think of the families, you know. There is a job to do, and you do your best. Still, it can be heartbreaking. It was a Saturday, fall, mid day. I was on call as the doctor … Continue reading
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