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On 23 April I had a routine colonoscopy, and found out that I had cancer. I knew then I’d have to write this column once I knew the outcome. I had 25 days of chemotherapy, simultaneous with radiation therapy, followed by surgery on 11 August. The pathology reports came back yesterday. They were, as my surgeon said, ‘the best possible, given the circumstances.” They were clean margins and clean lymph nodes. The margins are the areas all around the site of the surgery. The lymph nodes are where cancer usually spreads first, from its original site. In laymen’s terms, I...

Thanks to FReeper libbylu Congressman Billybob has died. ACRU Mourns the Passing of John Armor John Armor”John was a great American, a dear friend and a champion of liberty,” says Susan Carleson, CEO and Chairman of the American Civil Rights Union. “He will be sorely missed.” On August 20, 2010, ACRU Senior Legal Counsel John Armor passed away in a North Carolina hospital, following cancer surgery. He had appeared to be in full recovery, so his death was a shock to family and friends. Armor, a graduate of Yale University and the University of Maryland School of Law, had a...

When the ACLU loses on a security issue, America wins. And vice versa. On Monday, the ACLU lost when the Supreme Court overturned the Second Circuit's order to release photos of alleged detainee abuse. The ACLU had sued to get the photos despite concerns that they could be used by our enemies to endanger American soldiers. Meanwhile, the ACLU is so delighted with the decision to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammad and his confederates in New York City that it has pulled out of the case, declaring that the detainee trials will now be conducted with "the real...

Washington Politics & Policy Desk, 3/6/2003 7:01 PM HIGHLANDS, N.C., March 6 (UPI) -- This here's the 340th Report ta the Folks Back Home from the (More er Less) Honorable Billybob, cyberCongressman from Western Carolina. This begins with a single quote from a late Congressman what is far better known than alla the rest ov his career. Lack all maxims, howemsoever, it hazza equal n opposite one what will apply instead, inna comin war against Iraq. Since ma able assistant, J. Armor, Esq., izza philosopher inna Congresscritter's office, I'll turn this over ta him. Truth, the First Casualty?The late Sen....