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• What we are -- and ain't

  The scene: Hank Swank's driving range in Clovis, the dense fog of 8 a.m. Sunday. A solitary figure wearing an incongruous Pebble Beach hat addresses the ball -- go that way, please. Not a soul around. Sixty or seventy swings later, sweating, he drives Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:10 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hank Swank, Wall Street Journal, asthma, albuterol, Ne York Times Gail Collins, Mississippi, mulligans

• The city of thumbs

  Great. Swine flu fears are fading. Affected schools in NYC, swabbed and OK. Today, national asthma day. Please remind the transportation screeners that our inhalers are our umbillicals of life. It's not just a screening, OK. And in NYC, the most powerful Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:27 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: asthma, swine flu, New York City, sauerkraut, thumbs

• Why we sit way in back

  It was an old reporter's favorite trick. Sit way in the back. Helps when you're counting heads, glimpsing the late arrivers who want to be on hand but not be seen, and allows for quick getaway while also grabbing quotes. But it doesn't explain why wife Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:57 AM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: asthma, Community Medical Centers, Advair, albuterol, allergies

• Something good, and 10 things bad

  Kudos to the Fresno Bee for its "Fighting for Air" special section on Dec. 16, a look at how little has been accomplished in the five years since the Bee last examined Valley air pollution. I read the section after my morning hit on the asthma inhaler Read More... Posted Monday, December 17, 2007 2:06 PM by jtaylor | 0 Comments Filed under: asthma, Fresno Bee, air pollution, Jesse Morrow Mountain