Monthly Archives: April 2024

Coroner Story: Cooperation

No dead bodies in this story. Though I felt like one at times. But I’m not dead yet. I got a call, a message to the clinic where I was a daily, struggling family doctor in our small town. The … Continue reading

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EMTALA

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) has been in the news recently. The Biden Administration has sued Idaho over our restrictive antiabortion laws, claiming the Federal Act trumps the states restrictions. Oral arguments were heard before the … Continue reading

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Pit Toilet

My wife and I just finished a 5000-mile trip across this country in our 1985 Volkswagen Adventurewagen. We saw a lot of farm country and small towns, since we avoided most interstates. We camped in a lot of nice little … Continue reading

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Medical School

I attended a town hall meeting with two of my elected legislative representatives a while back. Only two of the three who represent me were in attendance. The absent was my State Senator, Dan Foreman. He beat me in 2016 … Continue reading

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Who Pays?

I can understand that the Idaho Republican Party and our Attorney General Raul Labrador like their closed Republican primary election. I just wish they didn’t expect all of us Idaho taxpayers to pay for this “good old boys” clubhouse they … Continue reading

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Mature

When I’m feeling old, I try to consider that I am mature. That means I have aged, not become decrepit. Maybe wisdom comes with maturity. Perspective is everything. Idaho needs some maturity. We have aged as a state, and recently … Continue reading

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