Commentary

There’s been a renewed media buzz on the age-old topic of women having it all. Career plus family equals success. Cameron Diaz fueled the discussion with an announcement about not wanting kids because, in her words, “It’s so much more work to have children.” In another publicized conversation, Indra Nooyi, the CEO of PepsiCo and mother of two (not necessarily in that order) admitted she doesn’t think women can have it all.

By Richard P. Holm, MD.

 

There is a powerful lesson from the medieval plague and the terrible Black Death. An earlier and similar epidemic killed half of Europe, during the sixth and seventh century but then seemed to disappear for about 700 years, until the plague raised its ugly head again in China, beginning the greatest international public health disaster in recorded history.

The July meeting of the Timber Lake School Board would be a good time for the board to do an important piece of business in public: Make an appointment to fill the vacant board seat — after discussing it in open session. Supt. Larson explained at the Monday night meeting what the procedure would be at the July meeting. After old business is completed by the present board (Marcia O’Leary (chair), Chad Mettler, Willard Nash, Cherie Leibel and A.J. Lindskov) the meeting will be adjourned and members Leibel and O’Leary will step down.

By Trudy Lieberman.

 

Rural Health News Service How many times have you heard politicians say that no bureaucrat should come between you and your doctor? You and your physician should decide when you need to go to the hospital or when you might want to wait out that cold before taking an antibiotic. The reality is something very different. Dr. Luis Collar who writes on the blog KevinMD.com, said in an essay recently: “Despite the foul smog of competing interests that permeate this new delivery paradigm, one thing is clear—physicians are no longer calling the shots.”