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Nine years ago, near the end of my residency training, I sat across from a patient, wondering whether he’d accepted that he was dying. He was in his 60s, an artist with sinewy arms and serene eyes, someone I’d come to know well over the past three years. Cancer had broken into his liver and bone marrow, robbing him of hunger and energy. Each time I saw him, the hollows of his cheeks deepened. I wanted to tell him that he was dying, that I wanted to understand how he envisioned spending his remaining life. But he mostly spoke about his plans: a camping vacation in six months, a friend’s wedding after that. I awaited some sort of arbitrary signal that it was safe to talk about dying. Maybe he’d tell me that he didn’t want more chemotherapy or that his affairs were in order. Like many physicians, I feared that by talking about death before he appeared ready, I might take away his hope, make him give up or send him into an unstoppable tailspin of anxiety and depression. Whether he … [Read more...] about As a Doctor, I Know Being Ready to Die Is an Illusion

Bob Rafelson, an iconoclastic director and producer who was a central figure of the New Hollywood movement that jump-started American cinema in the wake of the 1960s counterculture upheavals, died on Saturday at his home in Aspen, Colo. He was 89. He had lung cancer, his wife, Gabrielle Taurek Rafelson, said in confirming the death. As a director, Mr. Rafelson was best known for “Five Easy Pieces,” his melancholic 1970 road movie about a classical pianist, played by Jack Nicholson, who spurns the bourgeois life to drift through California working as an oil rigger. Nominated for four Academy Awards, the film embodied the era’s downbeat, anti-establishment ethos and cemented Mr. Nicholson’s position as a Hollywood leading man. More than a filmmaker, Mr. Rafelson was also a skilled navigator of the rapidly shifting pop-culture and media landscapes of the 1960s. For a television series he co-created the pop group the Monkees and later featured it in the subversive feature film … [Read more...] about Bob Rafelson, Director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ Dies at 89

Estes Park Town Trustee and Mayor Pro Tem John Scott Webermeier died suddenly Sunday in Estes Park, Colo. He was 68. Webermeier was born October 14, 1954, in San Diego, Calif., and is survived by his wife Katie, and his children Laura Kate (Bill) Bishop, John (Kaley), Whitney, and Peter (fiancé Natalia), five grandchildren, and three sisters, Debbie Schifferns of Longmont, Sandy (Ed) Schell of Centennial, CO and Kasey (Dennis) Schultz of Hawaii, his niece Ellie Schell, and nephews Pierce and Riley Schell and Anton Schultz. Mayor Wendy Koenig issued the following statement, “We are shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of Mayor Pro Tem Scott Webermeier. He was a strong supporter of his community, both as a trustee and as a long-time community member. Our focus is on supporting his family during a time of tremendous loss.” Her statement was accompanied by one from Town Administrator Travis Machalek, “Mayor Pro Tem Webermeier will be greatly missed at Town Hall and throughout … [Read more...] about Estes Park Town Trustee and Mayor Pro Tem dies

Season 3, Episode 3: ‘4-5-1’ Welcome to the Zava era. For those who skipped the first two episodes of this third season of “Ted Lasso” — and honestly, shame on you; go back , do the homework and rejoin us — Ted’s team has signed one of the greatest players of the age, a mercurial striker named Zava. (He is based closely on the real-life star Zlatan Ibrahimovic .) This was accomplished by Rebecca rudely accosting him while he was using a urinal last episode . Whatever works, right? Zava is immediately weird — showing up hours late with his cellphone on another continent, ostentatiously meditating while the rest of the team prepares for games, and so on. But so far he seems reasonably friendly, even if his preferred alignment is everyone in the midfield or on defense except him. This is the meaning of the episode’s title, “4-5-1”: He’s the “1.” As the coaches explain, all free kicks will be taken by Zava. All penalty kicks will be taken by Zava. And all corner kicks must be … [Read more...] about ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: Zava Superstar

It's a sunny afternoon in April and I'm sitting in the backseat of my sister's car as she pulls into a McDonald's drive-thru in Forest Park, Georgia. My Vietnamese mother, riding shotgun, is deliberating what to order for my American father—Coke or Sprite, cheeseburger or hamburger, fries or fruit cup. I tell her, as gently as I can, that Dad won't object to her choices. He's been dead for seven years. When we arrive at the veterans' cemetery, Mom hobbles down the hill. As always, the click of her metal walker and the rustle of plastic bags draped from her arm announce her arrival. In Vietnam, she'd offered her deceased parents mangos and paper money on ornate porcelain dishes. But here, on the rougher outskirts of Atlanta, she puts fast-food and caramel ganache brownies on white paper plates for her husband of 42 years. "Daddy, I give you chocolate cake," she says of the offering. "Happy birthday Daddy. Hope you like." Fifty years ago this week, the last American troops … [Read more...] about “My parents met in the Vietnam War, dad couldn’t accept that I’m biracial”

A Wisconsin school district has banned a first grade class from singing Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton’s duet “Rainbowland” because it was deemed “controversial” and conflicting with school policy. Melissa Tempel, a teacher at Heyer Elementary in Waukesha, tweeted on March 21 that her first graders were “so excited” to sing "Rainbowland" for a spring concert, but it was vetoed by the administration. The 2017 song talks about working together and living in harmony with lyrics including “Cause I know if we try, we could really make a difference in this world” and “Living in a Rainbowland … Where we’re free to be exactly who we are / Let’s all dig down deep inside / Brush the judgment and fear aside.” Venting her frustration over being barred from using the song, Tempel tweeted, “When will it end?” Waukesha School District said in a statement on March 24 that there's an approval process for instances like these. In this case a teacher suggested “Rainbowland” to the music … [Read more...] about Wisc. school district bans first graders from singing Cyrus-Parton duet ‘Rainbowland’ at concert

With Roe v. Wade overturned, many of the most intense battles over abortion access will involve the mailing of pills into Republican-run states. Some pregnant women in these states will travel to states where abortion remains legal. But travel can be expensive and time-consuming, making it especially difficult for lower-income workers. That’s why both sides of the abortion issue are now gearing up for an extended fight over what’s known as medication abortion — and specifically over whether women who live in red states will be able to order abortion pills through the mail, even if it’s illegal. Abortion rights advocates are hoping to protect mail services from legal challenges and trying to spread the word that medication abortion is both safe and effective . Abortion opponents are thinking about how to prevent the mail from becoming a loophole that undermines their newly created bans. Today’s newsletter looks at three different realms where this issue is likely to play out. … [Read more...] about The Next Abortion Fight: Mailing Pills

My husband’s boss, an executive at a multinational firm, came to our city on vacation and invited us to dinner. We made reservations at our favorite restaurant. When the bill came, the boss’s husband picked up the check and said: “We’ve got this.” We thanked them and said we hadn’t intended for them to pay. The next day, my husband received an email from his boss saying he just saw the credit card charge, which was larger than expected. He planned to ask the restaurant if there was an error. We were embarrassed; we ordered more to drink than them. So, we pulled up the menu online, totaled our share with tax and tip, and sent them a check. (It was $37 more than their share.) We apologized for not insisting on splitting the bill. Did we do the right thing? WIFE Well, you didn’t do the wrong thing, but you may have overreacted. In your view, the boss believed he was overcharged by about $40. That seems like small potatoes to make a fuss about, considering he hadn’t bothered to check … [Read more...] about The Boss Paid for Dinner, and Then Complained the Next Day. What Do We Do?

The roads surrounding the Jerusalén-San Luis Alto Picudito Indigenous reservation in Putumayo, Colombia, are treacherous on a good day. Made mostly of gravel and mud, they narrow to barely the width of a small truck in some places, and in others, especially after a storm, they yield almost completely to the many rivers with which they intersect. They also twist and turn and bump without stop. So, in the most difficult months of her pregnancy, when everything tasted like cardboard and it hurt even to sit or stand, Marleny Mesa avoided traveling altogether. This meant skipping checkups at the clinic in Villagarzón, which could take two hours or more to get to. But Marleny wasn’t overly worried. A nurse had assured her early in her pregnancy that her blood work was good and that everything looked fine. As a midwife herself, Marleny knew that making the trip would be riskier than missing a few doctor’s visits. But now, in the final days of her pregnancy, she could not shake the feeling … [Read more...] about The Incredible Challenge of Counting Every Global Birth and Death

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley plans to enact a federal program requiring that employers use E-Verify to confirm workers’ employment eligibility, which she sees as a means to combat the unlawful hiring of illegal immigrants. Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration, detailed her immigration and border security platform on the campaign trail in New Hampshire on Tuesday. The candidate hosted back-to-back town hall events in Dover and Salem. Nikki Haley’s speaking shortly to this crowd here in New Hampshire — and earlier today her team announced that she’ll be visiting the Southern border in early April. (The music is bumping) pic.twitter.com/V9o1z4JNeC — Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) March 28, 2023 At both events, Haley highlighted her plans to mandate the E-Verify program on the federal level, hire 25,000 new U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs … [Read more...] about Haley Plans to Halt Hiring of Illegal Immigrants with E-Verify Mandate if Elected