by Terrance Heath | Feb 7, 2008 | Blog
There are natural disasters and man-made disasters. There are those who look upon the aftermath of disaster and see things as they should be. We call them conservatives. As I write this, the seeds of disaster and an aftermath of Katrina-like proportions have been and...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 1, 2008 | Blog
(With apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.) It began with Veggie Booty. Or rather, I should say, it ended with Veggie Booty. As was my habit, I'd tossed it into the cart during our family's weekend grocery shopping trip. I didn't read the label, in part because I'd...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 30, 2008 | Blog
Everyone has heard at least one "health care nightmare" story, like the death of 17-year-old Nataline Sarkysian hours after her insurance company approved coverage a liver transplant after repeated denials. Before that, it was the death of Diamonte Driver, for want of...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 18, 2008 | Blog
It's been a long time since I blogged about Katrina or its aftermath. But I was reminded of it by the steady stream of Katrina-related headlines I've been reading lately. You know, the drumbeat of actual news that barely breaks through the din surrounding stories of...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 20, 2007 | Blog
This weekend was our son's fifth birthday, and we tried something different for his birthday party this year: no toys. Instead we had a book exchange. Each kid brought a book and left with one, and our son opened the presents we bought for him once we got back home....
