Archive for February, 2007

Castor oil leads to longevity

Friday, February 16th, 2007

By Bill Duncan The View From Here
I had no idea that a column on castor oil would stir so many memories until my column of two weeks ago generated such a large response.
One reader even sent me a note that said: "Your column was hard to swallow."
My biggest surprise was [...]

Hillerman’s latest one of his best

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

 
The Shape Shifter By Tony Hillerman Harper Collins Publishers Hardbound $26.95 
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
At age 82, Tony Hillerman,  a writer who sort of backed  into a writing career, is not ready to retire and neither is his Navajo Tribal policeman Joe Leaphorn. 
That is evident in his newest Navajo [...]

Castor oil cure worse than malady

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here

If you live long enough, they say everything comes around again.
When I first read in a newspaper medical column that castor oil is now considered a miraculous potion for relief of arthritic pain, I almost gagged on the thought. Then there were other columns [...]