Tag: Taught
I Became Lifelong Friends With Louie Anderson. Here’s What He Taught Me.
In late 2001, I was a consultant working on a project in Los Angeles. I was headed to North Dakota for the holidays and rushing through the airport to catch my flight. I ran into Pamela Anderson on the way to my gate, and then plopped down on the plane next to Louie Anderson. My first thought was: Wow, that’s two opposite ends of the Anderson spectrum! My second thought was: Louie is one of my comedy heroes and I’ve
Sickle Cell Math Is Brutally Simple, but Not Widely Taught
No doctor ever counseled Lametra Scott and her husband, Rickey Buggs, to get a simple blood test that would have warned them they each carried a mutated gene that — if inherited from both — would cause sickle cell disease in their baby.
It was only after a routine blood test around week 16 of her pregnancy that she learned she had the gene. Mr. Buggs, honorably discharged from the Marines around the same time, was informed upon leaving that
What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About American Democracy
