David Preston Should you ever find yourself questioning the value of modern medicine, go to an old country cemetery and peruse the headstones. You’ll soon run across the graves of children who died from things that we rarely hear of today. At least not in the U.S. “Dread disease”[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Commentary by David Preston’
June 25th, 2017 - 1:23 am § in Misc.
Dogs on the Bus
CommentaryFrom The Blog Quixotic: Dog on Bus Complaint Follow-up (minor edits) A North Seattle resident complained to Sound Transit a month ago about a woman who brought a large bloodhound aboard the bus with her. The dog was apparently not a service animal because it had no vest. Nor was the do[...]
June 3rd, 2017 - 6:28 am § in Misc.
Marijuana has been legal in WASTATE for three years!
Arcade technicality opened way for Capitol Hill’s first pot shop Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2015 – 10:48 am by Bryan Cohen IMG_9802Add a few more to the twists and turns it has taken to get to Capitol Hill’s first pot shop. Meanwhile, the City of Seattle also is ready to propo[...]
What is an “unauthorized” immigrant
David Preston Not trying to start a fight, but what’s with this new term “unauthorized”? That makes it sound like they’re trespassing or something. . I like “illegal immigrants” because it’s both descriptive and neutral. They are immigrants and, yes, they[...]
January 30th, 2017 - 5:28 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Politics and Privilege in the Emerald City
What do Sally Bagshaw and Donald Trump have in common? January 20, 2017 Crossposted from The Blog Quixotic_ More than you might think. I’m not talking money here; I’m talking attitude. See, when you’re rich, you can’t help having one. An attitude, that is. A friend linked me a blog [...]
[...] December 19th, 2016 - 10:15 am § in Misc.
David Preston: The Femems of the then future
David Preston “Women of the Future: The General” (1902) Je ne sais pas pour vous Monsieur, mais quand il vient aux femmes, et quand il vient à l’avenir, je suis très fataliste. (I don’t know about you, Mister, but when it comes to femmes, and when it comes to the future, I&[...]
Why Children Grown Up Today
David Preston added 3 new photos. The Children’s Room .In the old days they used to set aside sections in graveyards for all the little children who’d passed. When the parents died, the family could have the children’s remains reburied with them, but there were cases where the pare[...]