by Pat LaMarche | Mar 21, 2018 | Commentary, Politics
What do Laura Bush and Jackie Kennedy have in common? Well, they both married ridiculously wealthy men whose largess was gifted to them by notorious fathers and grandfathers. In both cases the money was tainted by violence and/or illegal activity. The Kennedys...
by Pat LaMarche | Mar 21, 2018 | Healthcare
Lack of critical thinking: it’s killing us. And if you get alarmed by the headline of a May 22, Sacramento Bee article, it will continue killing us. One of the few reasonable opinions President Trump expressed recently – in the face of stark ridicule – is that...
by Pat LaMarche | Mar 21, 2018 | Poverty
If you work with the poor in the United States it’s very easy to believe that this country doesn’t like “those people.” According to the National Poverty Center nearly fifteen percent of the U.S. lived in poverty in 2009. It’s counterproductive to detest 1/6 of the...
by Pat LaMarche | Mar 21, 2018 | Healthcare
A Fox News anchor said Saturday that if Mick Jagger was from the United States he’d finally qualify for Medicare. She’s kidding — right? The anchor made a pretty lame attempt at highlighting the rock star’s advancing age. She did, however, do a...
by Pat LaMarche | Mar 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
The new year starts in less than seven weeks. Wondering what amendment to your lifestyle you’ll adopt to make 2018 a better year than this one? The Cumberland County Adult Probation Department has an opportunity for you to improve your community in a substantive way:...
