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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 9, 2009 - AIDS was much in the news last week, as researchers reported progress in the…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 1, 2009 - An image captured my eye three weeks ago. It was a photograph of a tiny deer with…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 19, 2009 - Hurricane Bill strengthened today as it bore down on Bermuda, the strongest of three…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 12, 2009 - Plants can grow at surprising rates and for a very long time. Bamboo plants can grow…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 5, 2009 - I've always thought I knew exactly where the fat is on my body. All I have to do is…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 29, 2009 - I read in a recent newspaper (yes, I am old enough to still read printed newspapers)…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 22, 2009 - Childhood memories have a way of sticking to the unconscious like glue, then popping…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 8, 2009 - As I get older, cancer kills more and more of my friends and family. Lung cancer is my…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 24, 2009 - My affair with the Big Mac: Making my junk food a bit more nutritiousLike most of us,…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 17, 2009 - It has been more than four decades since I was 20 and a Trivial Pursuit star. In…