Right to Try: Lifeline for Terminally Ill Patients
Guest view argues for federal legislation granting terminally ill patients access to FDA safe but not yet fully approved treatments. It criticizes paternalism and argues trial participation should not block hope, urging House and Senate to finalize a bill for the president to sign. Richard E. Ralston of Americans for Free Choice in Medicine writes.
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Letter to the Editor on Second Amendment debates and gun violence
A reader criticizes ultra conservative opponents and NRA rhetoric for opposing reasonable gun rules. The letter cites the SCOTUS Heller decision supporting state regulation and condemns lack of compassion for victims and youth activism seen in March For Our Lives. Signed by Rev. Barry Abraham Zavah Alpine.
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Bankhead Highway pioneer Asa Rountree linked to Texas route
Fort Worth writer Dan Smith chronicles Asa Rountree a key promoter of the Bankhead Highway the nation’s first coast to coast all weather road from Washington to San Diego. The piece traces Rountree’s tactics funding schemes and influence near Mineral Wells Texas Texas Bankhead highway maps and 1919 events. It notes Bankhead portions now form parts of I 10 I 20 and I 30 and recounts Smith’s shift from meteorology to highway history including his 2013 book The Bankhead Highway in Texas.
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