Creators Syndicate - So, as it turns out, did I not need to have my breasts squeezed in the mammogram machines every year between the ages of 40 and 50? Could I have missed the two scares in there, especially the one when both of my kids were babies?
Creators Syndicate - I really hate defending Sarah Palin. I mean, I don't agree with her on anything.
Creators Syndicate - There's an old saying that hard cases make bad law. The same rule, unfortunately, applies to presidential decisions.
Creators Syndicate - You've got to hand it to Nancy Pelosi. Love her or hate her — and there are probably more people in the second category than the first — you can't deny the enormity of her accomplishment.
Creators Syndicate - Everything and nothing happened on Tuesday. I could have predicted that. Whoever "wins" says it means everything. Whoever "loses" says it means nothing. That's how off-off-year elections work. History supports both sides.
Creators Syndicate - There's an old story about a Harvard professor who gets a call from the president (of the United States) and responds that his president is the president of Harvard.
Creators Syndicate - To be honest, I don't care whether Valerie Jarrett plays basketball or not. And I certainly would hate to see Ambassador Susan Rice, known to be a good player, missing meetings at the United Nations so she can make it to the White House court.
Creators Syndicate - My internist told me he is now using the technique he learned many decades ago in the military, when supplies of vaccine were short and they had to split doses. I wouldn't even think of asking. But I did ask my rheumatologist, since rheumatoid arthritis is one of those things that makes getting the flu worse. He would have been happy to give me a flu shot — I'm talking regular flu here, not the swine kind — but he was out.