Thursday, 10.8.15 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net views VIEWS PAGE: [email protected] PAGE 4 PRESS&DAKOTAN The Press Dakotan THE DAKOTAS’ OLDEST NEWSPAPER | FOUndED 1861 Yankton Media, Inc., 319 Walnut St., Yankton, SD 57078 CONTACT US OPINION OTHER VIEWS PHONE: (605) 665-7811 (800) 743-2968 NEWS FAX: Clinton And Her (605) 665-1721 ADVERTISING FAX: (605) 665-0288 WEBSITE: ‘Transparency’ www.yankton.net Writer’s Block ––––– THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER (Oct. 6): Hillary Clinton SUBSCRIPTIONS/ seems to have ripped a page from the Barack Obama playbook in CIRCULATION addressing the ongoing controversy over work-related — and even Extension 104 classified — emails she kept on her private, unsecured server. [email protected] “I have gone further than anybody that I’m aware of in American Dealing With Her CLASSIFIED ADS history,” Clinton said of the release of her email messages at a town Extension 116 hall hosted by NBC’s “Today Show” on Monday. While acknowl- [email protected] edging the relatively short history of email technology, “I’ve gone NEWS DEPT. longer and farther to try to be as transparent as possible,” she as- Extension 114 serted. “Nobody else has done that.” Own ‘Garden’ [email protected] Her statement recalls President Obama’s dubious claim, appar- BY JIM VAN OSDEL you choose to simply read it. SPORTS DEPT. ently made with a straight face, in February 2013 that his adminis- For the Press & Dakotan But I digress. When one is thrust into such a Extension 106 tration is “the most transparent administration in history.” Never situation as with dealing with an incurable condi- [email protected] mind that it has broken its own record this year for censoring or It is difficult to believe that it has only been tion, one often has to do considerable research ADVERTISING DEPT. denying access to information made through Freedom of Informa- 18 months since readers have had the oppor- on one’s own. I did not learn of www.pubmed.gov Extension 122 tion Act requests, including those concerning Clinton’s emails. tunity to learn of our family’s experience with or oxidative stress from a medical professional [email protected] Recall that it took a lawsuit by the Associated Press to gain access Alzheimer’s disease. What is even more difficult but they have heard plenty of it from me. BUSINESS OFFICE to such information, and subsequent judicial rulings to address the about this disease is to have to watch your wife Our psychiatrist friend in Sioux Falls correct- Extension 119 State Department’s foot-dragging on their release. deal with her own “Garden of Gethsemane” ed my previous story by explaining that patients [email protected] The administration’s lack of transparency and disdain for the experience. do not die from Alzheimer’s disease. NEW MEDIA: freedom of the press and (other people’s) privacy is reflected in There are times when my resilient They die with Alzheimer’s but from Extension 136 Freedom House’s annual Freedom of the Press indexes. While the wife is overcome when contemplating some other dire medical condition. [email protected] United States is still among the “Free” nations in the index, it is no her future and she weeps piteously A caring neighbor who lives across COMPOSING DEPT. longer the paragon of First Amendment rights that it once was, and with the expectation of losing her fac- the street from us said her father lived 20 years with Alzheimer’s disease. My Extension 129 now ranks tied for just 31st out of the 63 “Free” nations. ulties and her mind, knowing there will be a time she cannot remember names wife has a long row to hoe and she is [email protected] The U.S. has seen a marked drop in its ranking in recent years, deathly afraid of the consequences. from tied for 16th in 2007. This is due to the Obama administration’s of her children and her caretaker, her * * * spouse. But with the help from my brother, unprecedented prosecution of whistleblowers, the Edward Snowden My wife, Kathy, was diagnosed Dan, and the good Lord, we keep on MANAGERS revelations about wiretapping and other government spying on with Alzheimer disease in 2009 and by plugging. Gary L. Wood journalists (not to mention the general public), “relatively rigid November of 2011, her mind could no After more than six years dealing Publisher controls on the information coming out of the White House and longer tell her how to move her legs to Jim with Alzheimer’s disease and four Michele Schievelbein government agencies” and “detentions, harassment and rough treat- get out of the car to get into church. VAN OSDEL years of the nutritional supplement, Advertising Director ment of journalists by police during protests in Ferguson, Missouri,” I thought to myself, “I get to buy a Kathy is still functioning — at home. Freedom House notes. wheelchair tomorrow.” She still enjoys her sleep but she is Jim Gevens The Emailgate scandal is emblematic of the government’s hypoc- When tomorrow came, my younger then at peace. Circulation Director risy in proclaiming privacy for itself, but not for its wee subjects. brother, Dan, called with information on a nutri- When she arises, she does need help getting the shower spray to work, the hair dryer is Tonya Schild Given her behavior and erroneous statements over her emails, we tional supplemental which had been helpful for others. We began the supplement Dec. 6, 2011. simply unfathomable and she needs help getting Business Manager should expect more of the same if Clinton takes over the White dressed. She tells me to just pick something out. House. The supplement is said to help the body fight Tera Schmidt oxidative stress which many scientists believe to Decisions are unbearable. She is French and Classified Manager be the cause of Alzheimer’s and others. Irish, was a social worker for years and helped ABOUT THIS PAGE Some folks who earned a degree in medicine, direct many life situations for many people. She Kelly Hertz and many of those who have not, have no idea has always known exactly what she wants. Now, Editor The View page provides a forum for open discussion of issues and interests of what this is and think it is bull manure. Go to these decisions are agonizing. James D. Cimburek affecting our readers. Initialed editorials represent the opinion of the writer, but Wikileaks and search “oxidative stress.” She has enjoyed, the last two months, having Sports Editor not necessarily that of the PRESS & DAKOTAN. Bylined columns represent the I spent three weeks in 1965 at the National In- breakfast, lunch and activities three days a week view of the author. We welcome letters on current topics. Questions regarding the stitutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., a tony with a peer group, clients of the memory care Beth Rye Views page should be directed to Kelly Hertz at [email protected]/. address area adjacent to Washington, D.C., where unit at Majestic Bluffs. Only one problem today: Digital Media Director congressmen like to live. This is a large hospital Breakfast was biscuits and gravy. Kathleen Ann is not a B and G person and can make a quick Kathy Larson IN HISTORY operated on taxpayer money. NIH has a website Composing Manager which catalogues peer-reviewed medical studies decision on that one. Has the nutritional supplement my brother By The Associated Press Five years ago: Imprisoned Chi- authored by researchers. These folks do no post Today is Thursday, October 8, the nese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 bull manure on their website, unless some medi- recommended helped? 281st day of 2015. There are 84 days left Nobel Peace Prize, prompting a furious cal researcher has made a peer-reviewed study Four years ago, Kathy slept all day in her in the year. response from China. British aid worker of such, probably at taxpayer expense. chair and could not seem to figure out how to get * * * Today’s Highlight in History: On Linda Norgrove, who’d been taken captive her legs moving to get out of the car for church. October 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earth- in Afghanistan, was killed during a U.S. Researchers at home can log onto www. DAILY STAFF quake flattened villages on the Pakistan- special forces rescue attempt, apparently pubmed.gov to access these research studies Today, six years after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Reilly Biel India border, killing an estimated 86,000 by a U.S. grenade. Gen. James Jones logged by NIH. When one logs onto this website, disease, she is back on the road and going to Cassandra Brockmoller people. announced he was quitting as President one may search “oxidative stress.” Last time I enjoy the day at Majestic Bluffs. And she will Brandi Bue On this date: In 1869, the 14th presi- Barack Obama’s national security ad- checked, as I wrote this, there were more than probably want to have dinner at the Elks Lodge Rob Buckingham dent of the United States, Franklin Pierce, viser. Albertina Walker, the Grammy-win- died in Concord, New Hampshire. ning singer from Chicago known as the 149,000 studies posted, with 3,479 studies on Friday night where many folks do not even know Caryn Chappelear she has Alzheimer’s disease. Randy Dockendorf In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire “Queen of Gospel,” died at age 81. Alzheimer’s disease and oxidative stress alone. Jeannine Economy erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, One year ago: President Barack Not bull manure.