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03 Jun

Stay Advised by the Best - Second Quarter, 2019

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OK, I’ll admit that I’ve slipped some in my reading. I’ve lately read only one serious hardback book and it is a good one “Let Me Finish” by Chris Christie. In addition, and being a baseball fan all of my life, I read “The Story of Baseball in 100 Photographs”. With my decision to take a break with a few paperback pocket books I’m trying a couple by a new author, for me, Lee Child. His hero is Jack Reacher.
 
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01 Feb

Stay Advised by the Best - First Quarter, 2019

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Here in the United States we spend more on health care per citizen than almost any other country but don’t seem to be reaping the rewards we might expect. Although life expectancy has been steadily climbing for decades that is now not true as for the past few years life expectancy is declining. 

 

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01 Nov

Stay Advised by the Best - Fourth Quarter, 2018

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Last Saturday I attended a “One Day University” presentation in this area at Sandy Springs, GA. There were 3-speakers: Joseph Luzzi of Bard College who presented “Three Books That Changed the World”, Louis Masur of Rutgers University who presented “The Civil War and Abraham Lincoln: What’s Fact and What’s Fiction”, and Alison Gash of the University of Oregon who presented “The Supreme Court and Why it Matters”.

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08 Jun

Stay Advised by the Best-Third Quarter, 2018

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On April 5 this year the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued his first public health advisory in 13 long years calling on Americans to carry and learn to use Naloxone, the Opioid overdose antidote. The drug has saved thousands of lives when used by emergency responders and police officers.

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15 Apr

Stay Advised by the Best - Second Quarter, 2018

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In my most recent Ron’s Quarterly Blog for the First Quarter, 2018 I briefly wrote of how sick and tired I am of constantly hearing from others about how horrible everything is these days. I then said that EVERY THING IS NOT BAD and went on to state that the best thing we can do is not participate in these poisonous discussions, look for good things and talk about them and don’t hang out with negative people. Next, I said many things are getting better and provided several examples of them. 

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