The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: diabetes

  • Please, No Sweets This Holiday Season

    I’d much rather have the pleasure of your company.

  • Why It’s Bad to Beat the Bridge

    Worthy Cause. Dangerous concept.

  • Playing God—Stem Cell Research vs. English Bulldog Breeding

    Whenever I hear people react with outrage at the concept of stem cell research, I have to shake my head. “How dare we mistreat human embryos in such an outrageous fashion?” Never mind that it could result in cures for Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, heart disease and diabetes. “We have no right…

  • That’ll Fix ‘Em: Self-Destruction as a Form of Aggression

    There’s nothing more absurd than someone who harms himself to punish others. Everyone knows a story to that effect. I know a woman who started smoking as a teenager simply to piss off her parents. 30 years later she has cancer. Was it worth it? And then there’s the guy who has a tattoo on…

  • Apple Butter

    I once asked my mother why on earth she married my stepfather, a man she never really loved, who caused untold amounts of destruction in our lives and was destined to have a negative impact on me long after his death, and she said, “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” Don’t all…