The Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is in critical condition at a Cincinnati hospital after collapsing on the field. Many people are supporting and praying for Hamlin and his family. The game of football is insignificant when a person is fighting for his life. CPR was administered to Hamlin on the field before he was placed on the ambulance. This is unlike any event on the field where tons of people showed legitimate concern and hope for his recovery. Right now, he is still being monitored by medical workers. A cardiac arrest can happen because of diverse reasons like a blow to the chest and other factors. Hamlin's doctors are working to try to get him breathing without a ventilator. According to his uncle, Hamlin was resuscitated twice on the night of his cardiac arrest. This is certainly a situation where we realize the value and fragility of human life. We are only here physically for less than 130 years, and we have to make our lives count.
There are many news involving politics. On January 3, 2023, members of Congress were sworn in during this historic new term. House GOP leader Kevin MCCarthy failed to be in the House Majority Leader after three votes. This battle on how will be the next House Speaker continues. A nominee needs 218 votes. Yet, the number required could change if members withhold their votes. The House can't kick off the new Congress or swear in new members until a speaker is elected. Far right MAGA extremists prevented Kevin McCarthy to be the Majority Speaker of the House. House Democrats are united behind caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York state. He is the leader of the Democratic minority. This move makes him the first black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress. Vice President Harris was the first woman to preside over the opening day of the U.S. Senate when she swore in 35 either newly elected or reelected Senators on Tuesday. Democratic Senator Patty Murray sworn in as President Pro Tempore, becoming first woman to hold the position.
The New York Times reported on a story about how New York University's Ronald O. Perelman Center for Emergency Services prioritizes wealthy donors, politicians, and celebrities for treatment at the expense for everyone else. Dozens of doctors and other health care workers report that administrators pressure them to treat rich and influential people immediately for minor complains. This causes patients with potentially life-threatening conditions to wait for urgently needed care. This evil practice isn't just found in NYU. It's found in places nationwide. Doctors usually follow the principal of medical triage in operating emergency departments. That means that the sickest patients receive treatment first, without regard for their ability to pay for care. Patients with less serious presentations will wait their turn. In real life, health care services in many cases don't follow that legitimate principle. Some are dominated by social inequality and the profit system. Health care is a human right. With socioeconomic inequality in NYC and everywhere in the world, we have to treat all patients as equals without discriminatory practices based upon wealth.
Days ago was the Birthday of Sister Renee Elise Goldsberry, and she is 52 years old. She is famous for playing the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical Hamilton, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She was born in San Jose, California. Later, she was raised in Houston and Detroit. Her mother is an Industrial psychologist, and her father was an automotive industry executive in Michigan. Goldsberry came about to study theater in summer camp when she was 8 years old. She attended and graduated from Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills Michigan. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater in 1993 from Carnegie Mellon University. She later attended graduate school at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music, where she earned a Master of Music in jazz studies, graduating in 1997. From 1997 to 2002, she had a role in the FOX legal comedy drama Ally McBeal. She was in the ABC Soap opera One Life to Live.
Goldsberry played Henrietta Lacks in the HBO television film adaption of Rebecca Skloot's nonfiction work of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks's cells were taken without her permission to be used in treating and curing diseases. To this day, Lacks's family fight for compensation. She can rap and sing. She has been involved in many plays from Rent to As You Like It. She loves to compose music and songwrite. To this very day, Goldsberry loves to be involved in brave, diverse roles reflecting the complex lives of the human race. She is married to New York attorney Alexis Jonhson. She loves her children. I wish Sister Renee Elise Goldsberry more Blessings.
By Timothy
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