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Make a Wish

Cystic fibrosis is a terrible disease, one which compromises lung function and leads to systemic organ degradation, slowed growth and physical weakness. Once nearly always fatal in early childhood, the condition can be managed via modern medicine, but the sufferer will always be in a disease management regimen. For someone with cystic fibrosis, what we [...]

The Fort Hood massacre victims: no Purple Hearts for them!

There may be another reason why the Administration sees the Fort Hood Massacre as simply a bad case or “workplace violence.” From Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards), 11 December 2006: Purple Heart¹: Paragraph 2-8 (b) The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member of an [...]