Two zoos, one in West Berlin and the other in East Berlin, mere miles apart and separated by the Berlin Wall, wrestle with each other at the apex of their popularity.
Author Archives: Carlen
The Monthly Bulletin: April 2022
The Non-fiction Feature: An American Sickness;
The Memoir & Poetry Spot: Something for the Pain;
The Product Spot: Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Company.
Something for the Pain: One Doctor’s Account of Life and Death in the ER
Paul Austin is an ER doctor, and he pries open the night shift for the world to examine: the drunks, the weeping, the car accidents, the miscarriages, the utterly consuming exhaustion of taking care of people at 2:30am.
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Company
Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company expands access to safe, affordable medicines by cutting out the pharmacy middlemen.
An American Sickness
Unsettling and cruel tactics that actors in the healthcare industry use to profit lucratively off patients, and how to resist.
Jack Black lotion
Jack Black lotion (not associated with the actor) is what lumberjacks use in the dead of winter in a rickety barn after felling trees and lugging wagons. It works well and, thankfully, isn’t too greasy.
The Plague
One day, the townspeople of Oran notice that rats are dying everywhere; the plague soon follows and Oran is suddenly isolated from the world, and the characters grapple with the startling realization that something awful is just beginning.
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World
How two men battled Victorian London’s deadliest cholera outbreak, and what we can learn from their public health efforts.
The Monthly Bulletin: March 2022
The Non-fiction Feature: The Ghost Map;
The Fiction Spot: The Plague;
The Product Spot: Jack Black lotion.
Enhancing Government: Federalism for the 21st Century
A re-imagining of federalism and how to restructure it to empower both federal and state governments.