Congress' Insult to Randy Pausch's Legacy
Matthew Dallek, acting director of the U.C. Davis Washington Program, is the author of The Right Moment: Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics.
One year after the death of "Last Lecture" speaker Randy Pausch, his cause-increased funding for pancreatic cancer-is mostly abandoned.
Swayze Out of Hospital
The AP reports that Patrick Swayze, who is suffering from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, has been released from the hospital where he was being treated for pneumonia.
I am obsessed with Happy Dick is Sick. Author Deb Copaken Kogan started it after her father Dick Copaken was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer--he died four months later. This living blog is filled with Eulogies, photographs and poems. Th...
Molly Jong-Fast is the author of the weirdly popular cult novel Normal Girl and Girl Maladjusted. She has written for The New York Times, The Times of London, Cosmo, W magazine, The New York Observer, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire, British Elle, and many other newspapers and magazines. She is currently working on her third book, a novel called THE SOCIAL CLIMBER'S HANDBOOK. She is addicted to needlepoint. And since you are wondering, yes, her mother is Erica Jong, and yes, she is afraid to fly.
As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono.
Divya Gugnani is the CEO and founder of BehindtheBurner.com, an emerging culinary media brand that creates expert-based content about food, wine, mixology, and nutrition.
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