You add to that a literal industry, a cottage industry that's emerged to handle the prescription drugs--and let me say that it's not a bad idea that our nation decided that prescription drug coverage, which heretofore had not been a part of Medicare, that it become part of Medicare.

NPR: Examining the Future of Medicare

After enough interviews with physicists, engineers and doctors to make me want to stick my head in a microwave oven, one common line of reasoning emerged.

CNN: 5 tips to limit your cell phone risk

The MBII served me well on my trip to Supai it emerged without a single scratch, despite my occasional run-ins with canyon walls and heavy backpacks and it served me fantastically back in New York: the nylon band and zesty orange accents make it an excellent casual watch for short-sleeve summer days.

FORBES: Bremont MBII: The Watch I Took to the Bottom of the Grand Canyon

Since my self-exile, I had lived in New York City, Washington DC, Dallas, and Philadelphia - but the light that emerged from my sister's death and dying showed me the way home to a place that looks and feels a lot like Mayberry.

BBC: Is the ideal of small-town America a myth?

With each falling hank of hair, more and more of the disastrous lineaments of my previous self emerged, until, big naked ears and all, staring back at me was the missing link to Howard Wakefield.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield