Cancer blues

This is a post about cancer. This is a post in honor of all the men, women and children who have died from cancer in the post-industrial age. This is a post that acknowledges, fully, the extent to which American society has led the way in the extermination of these people–these cancer victims. How many [...]

Turn those pink ribbons green

I’m going to make a confession.  I never could stand those pink ribbons.  I’ve never done a “Walk for the Cure” or bought daffodils for cancer victims or even picked a cancer-cure-themed postage stamp. I’m glad to hear that the Komen Foundation has bowed to pressure and is restoring funding to Planned Parenthood, a worthwhile [...]