Sometimes we learn things that we wish we had not learned. Here are some of your thoughts this week: ...more

November 9, 2009

While at SFCC the other day, picking up my wife after class, I found myself in a student lounge area reading the student paper "Panther Purr," with S. Carl, editor. ...more

November 7, 2009

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks. ...more

November 1, 2009

President Obama's plan will simply make insurance work better by holding the insurance industry accountable. Under the president's plan, it will be against the law for insurance companies to: ...more

October 6, 2009

It's an all "ER" night on NBC. The two-hour series finale begins at 9 p.m. following a one-hour retrospective. I've already heard some groans from "The Office" and "30 Rock" fans. ...more

April 2, 2009

There is a common thread running through President Obama's pro-choice agenda: the coercion of those who disagree with it. ...more

March 11, 2009

A family spokesman says former first lady Barbara Bush had successful open heart surgery. ...more

March 5, 2009

Former first lady Barbara Bush underwent successful open heart surgery Wednesday to replace her aortic valve, a family spokesman said. ...more

March 5, 2009

It might not be so apparent, but patients retain their personality. ...more

February 18, 2009

Dominick Ferello incited a mob of first-graders on Monday. It was Ferello's first day back on the job as principal of Explorer K-8 after a six-week break as he recovered from an illness, and Angela Esposito's class was clearly happy to see him. ...more

December 16, 2008