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A mix of marvelous miscellany
Opinion
by Ross Mackenzie
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.18.2006
Ross Mackenzie is the editorial page editor at the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch.
by Ross Mackenzie
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.18.2006
- What a fabulous story about how far we have come in fighting cancer. The latest data show that for the first time since 1930, U.S. cancer deaths in 2003 declined; percentage-wise, cancer deaths per 100,000 have been dropping for more than a decade. The explanation: earlier detection, more effective therapies and — regarding lung cancer — reduction in smoking.
- Also in the realm of marvelous news: British Columbia has
announced the designation of a 4.4-million-acre park, twice the size of
Yellowstone. Running up the B.C. coast from Vancouver Island to Alaska,
the Great Bear Rainforest will boast grizzlies, bald eagles,cedars that took seed in antiquity, and staggering scenery.
Ross Mackenzie is the editorial page editor at the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch.