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Earlier today, April 14th, former President Barack Obama posted a 12-minute address in which he endorsed Joe Biden for president.…
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The recent announcement that the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved the “compassionate use” of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine…
Twice per year, Ed Dever’s group at Oregon State University in Corvallis heads out to sea off the Oregon and…
My alarm clock sounds at 6:45 A.M. I reach over and extend my arm to the empty space beside me,…