Heal thyself
Millions of Americans are turning from conventional medicine to a more natural approach to health. These days, if you sat the sisters of Calcutta’s Missionaries of Charity down next to members of Britain’s royal family, they wouldn’t have much in common — except for a mutual understanding of how kali carbonicum soothes a backache, or…
Practicing pay-phone piracy
The pay phone at the corner of Short and Conley avenues serves neighborhood residents and passersby. “I think I used it to call a cab a couple of times,” says Larry Brown, while sitting on the porch of a rental home within 10 feet of the phone. “A lot of people stop by and use…
Power behind the penny
Tico Perez strides quickly down the wide hallway of the Orlando law offices of Baker and Hostetler. His powerful torso is covered by a T-shirt pushing the penny sales tax hike, worn in stark contrast to the business attire of most of those working in the suite of offices on the 23rd floor of the…
Engaging in unfunny business
There’s an energetic new cheerleader group called: USA ENGAGE! Remember the name, because this perky bunch wants you to know how essential it is for our country to “engage” every other nation in the world, no matter how much we might disapprove of their dictatorial abuses. Upset with the repressive and repugnant military dictatorship of…
