The promise of stem cell research is that instead of prescribing medication and rehabilitation for people with heart attacks, strokes, spinal cord injuries and Alzheimer's disease, we will cure them.
It is one of the most significant public health measures in our state's history. Banning smoking where people work, where they eat and drink, where they shop and where they gather to be entertained is clearly in the public interest.
Stern's departure has shaken up the pecking order of what people are listening to. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for local radio stations.