At coffee the other day a Republican friend proposed a challenge to those of us concerned about the results of the recent presidential election.
I had criticized Trump’s nomination of Dr. Oz to head the Department of Health and Human Services because the medicine he practiced on TV so often smacked of quackery. His recommendation of anti-malarial drugs to treat Covid -19 was particularly unforgivable (nytimes.com), and his suggestion that offering Medicare Advantage to everyone would cure the nation’s health insurance woes made no more sense.
Ken Winkes is a retired teacher and high school principal, who grew up in Arlington, attended college in California during the 1960s and for the last four decades has lived near the mouth of the Skagit River.
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Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
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