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Ms. Sparkle-Joy Smith and the ODS epidemic in Utah.
Taking a Gander
I was at a doctor’s appointment last week, when Ms. Sparkle-Joy Smith (fictional name to protect the guilty), the medical assistant taking my blood, said something about U.S. politics. I can’t remember exactly what she said, but I came back with a very careful remark about how the president has done “horrible damage to an entire planet, and how he’s become the most hated man in the world."
She immediately grew silent, so I sensed that I’d touched a nerve. I told her that we obviously didn’t share the same political view, and she immediately became defensive, saying my statement—politely—wasn’t…
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