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Letter: Women here can’t find oncologists to treat them

When diagnosed with breast cancer last year, my PCP said women don’t die from this like they used to. Hope this is going to be the truth not only for myself, but for other women on Lanai and Maui who can’t get an oncologist to take them on. Why is this happening? A Maui oncology practice shut down overnight with an email on a Friday 5 p.m. Patients now left to find aa replacement oncologist to pick them up is not turning out so well. I personally called Queens, Straub and Kapiolani on Oahu after my PCP sent referrals, only to be told they are not accepting Lanai patients and to ...

Dr. Jessica A. Johnson: Trusting God in a time like this

As I have begun my summer three-mile power-walking workouts on a commercial street in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, where I pass a Waffle House and a Tim Hortons, I noticed two large billboard signs taking aim at President Donald Trump and the economy. Both signs depict Trump in a petulant manner, with ...

Georgia Garvey: General time is undefeated in battle

I am on a mudslide toward death. Well, we all are, really, when you think about it, but sometimes it just seems you're slipping down the side of the mountain faster than at other times. Like, for example, when you're approaching a birthday that starts with a "fif" and ends with crying in the ...

Rich Lowry: Why Trump couldn’t bring Iran to heel

Iran, a second-rate power in a state of economic collapse, just fought the U.S. to a standstill in a major military conflict. The disappointing outcome has echoes of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, in that a major world power hasn't been able to impose its will on a militarily inferior foe. ...

Barry Wurst: Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ is a crushing disappointment

Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” is about an intense, supernatural attraction between a government worker named Dan (played by Josh O’Connor) and a TV meteorologist named Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt), who share a Gate Master/Gate Keeper need to get together. There’s also ...