In a profound and sensitive manner recently, my grandson [Zack] gave me a clue about his memory, historic perspective and my own legacy. It was on my birthday last month when he said, "Look at the numbers in our ages - they're the same." I had just turned 61. Next month, he'll turn 16. And then I remembered my own life at age 16, and I had what we've come to call an "Aha!" moment. President [Barack Obama] has weathered both old and new challenges this past year. He's demonstrated that he has the right stuff to get things done. His $780 billion stimulus package rescued the nation from economic disaster. While pundits will argue the merits of the government's involvement in the auto industry for years to come, it's clear that President Obama's actions were a positive catalyst for systemic...
Davis reviews several books, including The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, 2666 by Roberto Bolano and translated by Natasha Wimmer, Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago and translated by Margaret Jull Costa, and Greed by Elfriede Jelinek and translated by Martin Chalmers.
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DEAR DR. GOTT: My son will be 35 soon. He has been suffering from low-back pain for about four years. He has a small remodeling business, so he does hard labor. He has had to make adjustments so as not to lift anything too heavy. He is very industrious, and not working is not an option for him. My son has incurred a large amount of debt from doctor visits, testing and treatment. He has seen neurologists, orthopedic specialists, pain specialists and chiropractors. He has tried acupuncture, exercise, prednisone, Oxycontin, Percocet, injections into his spine and others. The narcotics helped the most, but he does not want to be on them again because they caused severe withdrawal symptoms, which he does not want to go through again.
O'[NEAL Yeah]: Sort of a class clown. But we left New Jersey when I was 13, and I just went to the gym every day. I think I got my toughness from being 13 but being the size of an adult. We were living on the Army base, and my father used to run the gym. The young GIs, 18 and 19 years old, would be out there playing, and I would have to play with them every day. And they were tough on me. They'd tell me, "You ain't (expletive). You're 13, you're 6-9, and you can't dunk.
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