I’m usually a fairly happy person. That’s a given. But today I’m more than that. I’m stunned. I’m thrilled. I’m deeply entangled in one of those please-don’t-wake-me-up-from-this-lovely-dream states. And if it weren’t so hot outside, I might even dance a jig all the way to the White House and back. [Okay...it was a nice thought, [...]

Blood. We all know that it’s pretty important stuff for any number of reasons, but mostly because the rest of the world went to great lengths to make sure we understood its value. Our parents reminded us that blood was thicker than water and that bandaids were necessary to keep all our good red blood from running [...]