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Protect Your Family from Bad Drugs
by Jeffrey Dach MD
Over the last 30 years, 20 per cent of drugs approved by the FDA were later classified as "BAD Drugs", meaning that they were later withdrawn from the market or given a black box warning.(1)(2) Why does the FDA approve risky drugs which end up being banned? This question is explored by Daryl Kulakin on his That's Fit Blog detailing conflicts of interest in medicine and corruption in medical journals.(3) This issue is also explored by Shannon Brownlee in her Washington Monthly article, "why you can't trust medical journals anymore".(4)
The FDA Can't Protect You From Bad Drugs
David Graham MD, Director of Drug Safety at the FDA uttered his famous phrase during Congressional testimony November 2004 "The FDA is incapable of protecting the American Public against another Vioxx".(5)(6)(7)(8)
How can you determine if you are dealing with a BAD DRUG?
Here are the early warning signs:
1) The drug has been recalled or given a black box warning.
2) The drug is in litigation with numerous lawsuits against the drug company.
3) The drug has been banned in other countries.
Listing of Drugs which have black box warnings:
A list of bad drugs can be found here.
Partial Listing of 35 Recalled or Banned drugs:
Baycol, Bextra, Colchicine, Complete Moisture Plus, Duract, Duragesic, Fentanyl Patch, Ephedra, Fen-Phen, Hismanal, Lotromex, Palladone, Permax, Pondimen, Posicor, Propulsid, Raplon, Raxar, Redux, Renu Moisture Loc Lens Solution, Rezulin, Seldane, Tysabri, Vioxx, Zelnorm (10)(11).
Listing of risky drugs in older people:10-16-2020 Grand Rounds – Beers List of Bad Drugs for the Elderly
List of 35 banned or recalled Drugs. Click here.
Drug Litigation may be Our Only Protection from Bad Drugs
Do you like lawyers? If you asked me if I liked lawyers, I would laugh and tell you a few lawyer jokes. One of my favorites is, "How do you tell the difference between a lawyer and a sperm? The answer is: the sperm has a one in 10 million chance of becoming a human being". In spite of the jokes, and since the FDA can't protect us, lawyers and drug litigation may be our last protection from bad drugs. Drug litigation by lawyers gives us an early warning sign about a bad drug. Drug litigation can uncover secret information about adverse drug side effects which drug companies hide from the public (13).
Computer Search Engine Listing of Drugs in Litigation. Click Here for Unsafe drugs in litigation (1.5 Million hits).(14)
The following is my short list of drugs currently in litigation.
Avandia and Rezulin, Diabetes Drugs
Avandia (rosiglitazone) by GlaxoSmithKline, is used for adult onset Type 2 diabetes. (thiazolidinedione class of drugs). Avandia causes a 43% higher risk of heart attacks. This is ironic because diabetes causes accelerated heart disease, and controlling diabetes with drugs is supposed to reduce incidence of heart attacks, not increase it. (15)(16)
Rezulin was used for blood sugar control in patients with adult onset type 2 diabetes. Rezulin has been recalled due to liver toxicity.
Zelnorm for Constipation – Banned
Zelnorm (tegaserod) was FDA approved for irritable bowel syndrome and constipation in women. Novartis agreed to voluntarily suspend sales of Zelnorm March 2007, following reports of adverse side effects such as heart attack and stroke. They then withdrew Zelnorm from the market.
Permax and Dostinex
Permax (pergolide) and Dostinex (cabergoline) are used for Parkinson's, restless leg syndrome, and migraine headaches. Other similar drugs have been banned such as the diet drug Fen-phen. Thy are all associated with heart valve problems and leaky valves. Permax currently has a black box warning about this increased risk of heart valve problems. The sale of Permax has been suspended by Valeant.(17)
Osteoporosis Drugs Fosamax (Alendronate), Zometa (Zoledronate), Actonel (Risedronate), Boniva (Ibandronate), the Bisphosphonate Osteoporosis Drugs.(18)
Fosamax (alendronate)
As of May 13, 2007, hundreds of lawsuits had been filed against Merck alleging Fosamax-induced Necrosis of the Jaw, (ONJ)The first case is set to be tried in late 2008 in New York. (19)
Fosamax is Merck's bisphosphonate osteoporosis drug which causes osteonecrosis ONJ of the jaw, an irreversible breakdown of the jawbone, associated with ulcerations in the mouth, non-healing wounds, and osteomyelitis of the jaw. (19A) (20) (21) (22) (23)
Warnings have been sent out to all dentists and endodontists: This is the (Endodontists) AAE Position Statement: "Endodontic Implications of Bisphosphonate-Associated Osteonecrosis of the Jaws American Endodontists Association" (24).
The osteoporosis drugs are supposed to make the bones stronger. Again, it is ironic that these drugs cause the jaw bone to literally fall apart, meaning they make the bones weaker, not stronger. I predict this entire class of bisphosphonate drugs will eventually be banned. For more information on these drugs, see my articles on the bisphosphonate drugs.(52)(53)
Synthetic Hormones
Prempro manufactured by Wyeth is a hormone replacement pill containing Premarin and Provera, synthetic female hormones. Premarin is horse estrogen from a pregnant horse. Provera is a synthetic progesterone which is chemically altered and is not normally present in the human body or anywhere else in nature.(25)
The large, NIH funded, (WHI) Women's Health Initiative Study was terminated early when its data showed that Prempro increased risk of Heart Disease and Breast Cancer (26) (27). Bio-Idential Human Hormones, on the other hand, are NOT associated with increased risk of cancer or heart disease, this increased risk applies only to the synthetic hormones not found in the human body such as Prempro.
Ortho Evra
Ortho Evra (birth control / contraceptive skin patch) by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals contains synthetic hormones, norelgestromin and ethinyl estradiol, delivered in a transdermal birth control patch. In November 2005, the FDA warned that the product contains higher levels of estrogen than most others and increases risk of blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks.
Depo-Provera is a a synthetic hormone used for birth control, injected every 3 months. Long term use causes osteoporosis, fractures, spine injuries and hip injuries. A $700 million class action lawsuit was filed against Pfizer in Toronto on behalf of Canadian women aged 38 to 32 who used Depo-Provera and developed osteoporosis. Several lawsuits making the same allegations against Pfizer have been filed in the United States.
Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra, Cox-2 inhibitor Pain Pills
Vioxx (rofecoxib) by Merck is a pain medication causing adverse reactions such as heart attack, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. In September 2004, Merck voluntarily withdrew Vioxx from the market. Dr. David Graham, Director of Drug Safety at the FDA, said that Vioxx caused up to 160,000 heart attacks and strokes. (44)(45) Forty Five Thousand people have sued Merck, and Merk has spent 1 billion on legal fees. Merck's strategy is to fight every case by bringing it to trial and drag out the proceedings. On November 9, 2007, Merck agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle all of the court claims.(51)
Celebrex: A Cox-2 inhibitor approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, and later approved for familial polyposis (colon polyps) . Celebrex may increase the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Bextra (valdecoxib) by Pfizer is similar to Vioxx. Studies have shown adverse reactions with Bextra such as heart attack, stroke, sudden cardiac death, Erythema Multiforme (EM), Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN). Bextra has been banned from Canada.(28)
Anti-Cholestrol Statin Drugs, Baychol, Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor
Baychol is a statin anti-cholesterol drug which was recalled because muscle damage releases muscle debris into the bloodstream which then clogs up the kidneys and causes renal failure.
Lipitor – Pfizer
Lawsuits were filed in New York against Pfizer claiming that Lipitor (atorvastatin) causes memory loss, peripheral neuropathy, fatigue and muscle damage. Lipitor's labelling warns patients to tell their doctor if they suffer any symptoms of muscle pain or weakness.
More Lipitor litigation against Pfizer was filed on September 28, 2005 in Boston by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro claiming Pfizer deceived consumers about the benefits of Lipitor through deceptive marketing and advertising activities. Billions of Lipitor profits come from patients who do not benefit from the drug.
Left Image: Charles Pfizer (born 1824 in Ludwigsburg as Karl Pfizer, died October 19, 1906) was a German chemist who immigrated to the United States in the early 1840s and founded the Pfizer Inc. pharmaceutical company in 1849 as Charles Pfizer & Co. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
According to the complaint, Pfizer launched a massive campaign to convince the public that Lipitor is a beneficial treatment for nearly everyone with elevated cholesterol, even though no studies have shown it to be effective for women and those over 65 years of age who do not already have heart disease or diabetes. For more information on lipitor, zocor and all the statin anti-cholesterol drugs, see my previous articles on this topic.(54)(55)
Crestor (rosuvastatin) is a statin anti-cholesterol drug similar to the recalled drug Baycol. Compared to other statins, Crestor has the greatest kidney toxicity, causing muscle breakdown products to clog the kidneys. During clinical trials, patients taking the 80 mg dose of Crestor began to show clogging of the kidneys with the muscle debris. Because of this finding, the 80 mg dosage was discontinued.
Psychiatric Drugs Atypical Antipsychotics, SSRI's etc
Adderall, an amphetamine by Shire markets used for ADHD.(29) On February 9, 2005, Health Canada suspended the sale of ADDERALL used for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children because of 20 reports of sudden death. Fourteen of which occurred in children, and six in adults. There were 12 reports of stroke, two of which occurred in children.
Numerous Ritalin lawsuits against Novartis were filed through the 1990s. Simultaneously, there was a campaign against ADHD medications for children by various interest groups.
Starting in 2000, lawsuits were filed against Novartis for fraud in the marketing and over promotion of Ritalin and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The suits alleged that Novartis was conspiring with the APA (American Psychiatric Association) to increase sales of these lucrative drugs by illegally promoting off label use.
Zyprexa and Seroquel
Zyprexa (Olanzapine) and Seroquel are used for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, dementia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), gambling addictions, and postpartum depression.
Zyprexa and Seroquel cause Tardive Dyskinesia, diabetes, hyperglycemia, pancreatitis, and ketoacidosis. Eli Lilly has already agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle 28,500 lawsuits. Secret Zyprexa documents have been disclosed to the public by medical heroes at great personal risk (30)(31)
Dr. Timothy Scott, author of, "America Fooled: The Truth about Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived, reports a 2005 study that found there are approximately 30,000 children under 5 on these atypical anti-psychotic drugs.
Dr. Fred Baughman, author of "The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal Children," reports that 10 million of the 50-million school children in the nation are on one or more psychiatric drugs and states: "This is death by psychiatry." (32)(33)(34)(35)
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently found that 19% of children who were newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes were being treated with these new atypical anti-psychotic drugs which cause obesity and diabetes (36)(37)(37A)
Risperdal (Risperidone) is an anti-psychotic medication by Janssen Pharmaceutical, Johnson & Johnson used for bipolar disorder. Serious side effects: Diabetes, Diabetic Coma, Hyperglycemia, Ketoacidosis, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, Pancreatitis, Stroke, Tardive Diskinesia, Weight Gain, Death.(38)
Left Image Courtesy of wikipedia.
SSRI Antidepressants, Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil Antidepressant Users v. Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline (39)
Some 200 legal actions have been filed against Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturers of Prozac (fluoxetine), Zoloft (sertraline), and Paxil (paroxetine) to recover for suicides or homicides by patients. The lawsuits claim that the companies knew about, but hid the documents which showed increased risk of akathisia, a form of agitation causing suicide and violence.
Payouts by Lilly estimated to be over $50 million to quietly settle more than 30 of those Prozac lawsuits. (40)(41)
Paxil causes serious side effects, agitation, violent or suicidal behavior, painful withdrawal and addiction problems. It may cause birth defects in pregnant women. Paxil has been recklessly prescribed to children when it was proven no more effective than a placebo. Both children and adults taking Paxil have demonstrated suicidal tendencies during treatment, while trying to quit and during withdrawal.
For more information on SSRI drug adverse side effects and SSRI induced suicide, see my previous article on this topic.(56)
Strattera is used for ADHD in children, teens, and adults, and causes serious liver side effects and jaundice. Strattera may also cause suicidal thoughts in children and teens.
Serzone is an anti-depressant which increases the risk of liver failure by 3-4 times.
Acne Drug, Accutane
Accutane (isotretinoin) is Hoffman La Roche's acne drug, an oral drug for severe nodular acne (the bad type of acne that can lead to scarring). Accutane is a synthetic form of vitamin A designed to dry up oil that clog the pores and cause acne. Accutane can cause depression, psychotic symptoms, and rarely suicide attempts. There have been over 142 suicides involving Accutane since 1982. In October 2001, Congressman Bart Stupak's son committed suicide while taking Accutane. Accutane also causes severe birth defects and fetal death. Accutane side effects are, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Birth Defects, Suicide, Psychiatric disorders.
Erectile Dysfunction ED Drugs, Viagra, Levitra, Cialis
On May 27, 2005, the FDA reported that Viagra, (by Pfizer) may cause temporary or permanent vision loss, and reported 50 cases of "Viagra blindness". This blindness is due to occlusion of the artery to the eye, causing optic nerve stroke and damage. This severe adverse event affects people with blood vessel problems, like diabetes or hypertension.
Remicade for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Remicade (Inflixmab) is an immune-suppressing drug by Centocor (Johnson & Johnson) approved for Crohn's disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Remicade side effects include; tuberculosis, histoplasmosis, listeria sepsis, invasive fungal infections, lymphoma, pneumocystosis, seizures, multiple sclerosis, lupus, serious infections, heart failure and death. In August 15, 2001 , Remicade was given a Black Box Warning of increased risk of tuberculosis, invasive fungal infections, and other opportunistic infections. On October 18, 2001 a second warning about increased mortality in patients with congestive heart failure.
Ketek (telithromycin) by Aventis Pharmaceuticals is a ketolide antibiotic. liver damage, liver disease, liver failure, and hepatitis. Worsening myasthenia gravis
Tequin (gatifloxacin), an antibiotic by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. which causes hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), which can lead to coma or seizure and potentially fatal. Tequin was withdrawn from market in 2006 .
Lariam (mefloquine) causes psychiatric symptoms, anxiety, paranoia, depression, hallucinations and psychotic behavior, even long after Mefloquine has been stopped. Suicidal ideation and suicide have been reported
TROVAN , trovafloxacin On June 9, 1999, FDA issued a public health advisory about risks of liver toxicity from Trovan (trovafloxacin)
Ciprofloxin has been implicated in achiles tendon rupture, and is a mitochondrial toxin.
Diet Pills Fen-Phen
Fen-phen is a combination of fenfluromine and phentermine. Fen-Phen had been approved for many years as an appetite suppressant in the management of obesity. The trouble with this drug combo is that it has been found to cause heart valve disease. American Home Products Corp. offered $3.75 billion last year to settle lawsuits over its fen-phen diet pills, which it yanked from the market in 1997 over health concerns.
Meridia diet pills cause PPH (primary pulmonary hypertension) as well as cardiac valve dysfunction.
Propulsid, Heartburn
Propulsid is a drug approved for patients with severe heartburn or gastro esophageal reflux. Propulsid can cause irregular or abnormal heart rhythms.
Neurontin A 2004 lawsuit alleges that Parke Davis created an illegal promotional campaign to get more patients to use Neurontin which is approved for epilepsy. Disguised as medical education for the doctors or consulting for the company, the promotional campaign included illegal cash kickbacks to physicians and other sales ploys to pump up sales of Neurontin for non-FDA approved uses.
Thimerosal is used in vaccines as a preservative. Thimerosal degrades into ethyl mercury, a highly toxic form of mercury which causes neurological disorders(42).
Procrit increases the blood count, and is used to treat the anemia of chronic kidney failure, HIV, or cancer. Procrit reduces need for blood transfusions. Procrit has caused deaths, non-fatal heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and blood clots in patients with chronic kidney failure receiving higher than recommended doses. Procrit causes accelerated cancer tumor growth and increased risk of death, and may cause blood clots following surgery. An FDA-mandated black box warning has been added to Procrit labeling
Topical Creams for Eczema
Elidel (pimecrolimus) and Protopic (tacrolimus) are topical creams for eczema, both linked to skin cancer and lymphoma. A black box warning was given 2006.
Latest developments Wyeth v. Levine:
At issue is Wyeth v. Levine, a case expected to be heard late this year. The case is closely watched because the Supreme Court ruled this year that manufacturers of FDA-approved medical devices were shielded from litigation in state courts. The New England Journal Medical Editor, Dr. Jeffrey M. Dariens, is joined by 47 state attorneys general and two former FDA commissioners, David Kestrel and Donald Kennedy in his statement,
"Without the discoveries dredged up by plaintiffs' lawyers through liability litigation, the FDA would be stripped of an essential source of information that the agency has consistently relied on when making its regulatory decisions, and the American public would be deprived of a vital deterrent against pharmaceutical company misconduct."(57)
If Wyeth wins this case, there will be no more "bad drug drug litigation". Where is the sense of public outrage?
It is important to discuss any treatment plan with your personal physician. Do not start or stop a treatment, drug, supplement or lifestyle change based on information from this article. Even if a drug is on a ligation, recall or black box list, any decision to start or stop a drug should be made in consultation with your own doctor, who should help you weigh the comparative risks and benefits to arrive at an informed decision. Some of the drugs given black box warnings are in common use because the benefits are felt to outweigh the risks. These are complex issues that require professional advice.
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Timing of New Black Box Warnings and Withdrawals for Prescription Medications Karen E. Lasser, MD,MPH; Paul D. Allen, MD,MPH; Steffie J. Woolhandler, MD,MPH; David U. Himmelstein, MD; Sidney M. Wolfe, MD; David H. Bor, MD JAMA. 2002;287:2215-2220.
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Posted on May 20, 2008 Doctors Without Borders: Why you can't trust medical journals anymore. By Shannon Brownlee Washington Monthly
(5) F.D.A. Labeled 'Defenseless' Against Bad Drugs By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NOV. 18, 2004
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Pharmaceuticals Face Of The Year: David Graham by Matthew Herper, 12.13.04 Forbes.
To hear Graham tell it, this is part of a systemic failure to address drug safety on the part of the FDA, a story that reaches back over the entirety of his 20-year career at the agency.
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Osteonecrosis of Jaw ONJ, ADA
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(21) Obtaining Obtaining Informed Consent Relating to Risks Associated with Oral Bisphosphonate Use
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(26) NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Tuesday, July 9, 2002 NHLBI Stops Trial of (Prempro) Premarin Plus Progestin Due to Increased Breast Cancer Risk, Lack of Overall Benefit. NIH Press Release Halting WHI PremPro study because of increase cancer and heart disease from synthetic hormones.
(27) http://classaction.findlaw.com/cases/prempro/
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Health Canada prohibits sale of Bextra in Canada. Advisory 2005-134 December 16, 2005
Following a review of safety information, Health Canada is informing the public that Bextra, an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat arthritis and pain, will not return to the market.
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Health Canada suspends the market authorization of ADDERALL XR® , a drug prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children
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Activists Take on Eli Lilly Over Off-Label Sale of Zyprexa Update May 28, 2007:by Evelyn Pringle
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(37) http://zyprexa.pbwiki.com/
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(38) State Lawsuits – Atypical Antipsychotics Abilify, Geodon, Risperdal, Seroquel, Zyprexa. The TMAP Drugs (Texas Medication Algorithm Project) TMAP and TeenScreen Litigation Information by State
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Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft Class Action Litigation, Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil Antidepressant Users v. Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline Commonly-Prescribed Antidepressants Are Extremely Dangerous for Some
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Important JAMA and BMJ Articles on Drug Litigation
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PharmedOut is an independent project run by physicians for physicians and other prescribers. Our goals are to: Document and disseminate information about how pharmaceutical companies influence prescribing. Provide access to unbiased information about drugs. Encourage physicians to choose pharma-free CME. PharmedOut is led by a team of physicians and academics and is contributed to by a diverse group. The Principal Investigator is Adriane Fugh-Berman MD and the Project Manager is Alicia M. Bell MS. Pharmed Out Blog
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By Reuters 09 Nov 2007 Merck has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle claims that its painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks and strokes in thousands.
(52) Fosamax, Actonel, Osteoporosis and Toulouse Lautrec by Jeffrey Dach MD
(53) Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis, A Closer Look at the Data by Jeffrey Dach MD
(54)Lipitor and The Dracula of Modern Technology Jeffrey Dach MD
(55) Cholesterol Lowering Statin Drugs for Women, Just Say No by Jeffrey Dach MD
(56) Paxil, Prozac and SSRI Induced Suicide by Jeffrey Dach MD
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Doctors: Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety
Lawsuits can serve as "a vital deterrent" and protect consumers if drug companies do not disclose risks to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before it approves medicines for use, the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine said in a friend-of-the-court brief. The FDA "is in no position" to guarantee drug safety, the brief said.
At issue is Wyeth v. Levine, a case expected to be heard late this year.The case is being closely watched because the Supreme Court ruled this year that manufacturers of FDA-approved medical devices were shielded from litigation in state courts.
" the doctors said in a brief filed Thursday. Without the discoveries dredged up by plaintiffs' lawyers through liability litigation, "the FDA would be stripped of an essential source of information that the agency has consistently relied on when making its regulatory decisions, and the American public would be deprived of a vital deterrent against pharmaceutical company misconduct."
"Even if the FDA is doing the best it can, it simply can't see the future clearly enough to pre-empt manufacturers from litigation," he said. "The (court) system represents one of the key defense mechanisms that individuals have if a manufacturer has not made the risks of a product clear to the public.""The FDA alone simply lacks the ability to serve as the sole guarantor of drug safety,
The medical editor, Dr. Jeffrey M. Dariens, is joined 47 state attorneys general and two former FDA commissioners, David Kestrel and Donald Kennedy, in supporting Levine's position. Kestrel served in the administrations of former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and Republican President George H.W. Bush. Kennedy served in Democratic President Jimmy Carter's administration.
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Two members of the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department were arrested on Wednesday in connection with last week's riot at the US Capitol during the counting of the Electoral College vote.
Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson were charged by federal officials with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
The officers were off-duty at the time.
Five people died during the riots, including a Capitol Police officer who was injured in the melee with Trump supporters.
The riots prompted the lawmakers to take cover for several hours, interrupting the formalization of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in November's presidential election.
The Department of Justice alleges that Fracker and Robertson were photographed in the Capitol building making an obscene gesture in front of the John Stark statue. The DOJ said that Fracker and Robertson posted on social media about the riot.
The DOJ said Robertson posted on social media, "CNN and the Left are just mad because we actually attacked the government who is the problem and not some random small business ... The right IN ONE DAY took the f***** U.S. Capitol. Keep poking us."
The DOJ said Fracker posted on Facebook, "Lol to anyone who's possibly concerned about the picture of me going around... Sorry I hate freedom? …Not like I did anything illegal…y'all do what you feel you need to." The post has since been deleted, the DOJ said.
WDBJ-TV reports that both officers have been placed on administrative leave.

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How the GOP Can Win Back The Values Debate and How Dems Could Lose It
The secret to what ails both parties, and our politics, is a return to the 2000s, the days of compassionate conservatism and culture-war compromises.
One thing is always true in American politics: One party is in trouble, and the other is heading toward it. A big loss always forces a party toward despair and then attempts at renewal, while winning leads to complacency and overconfidence. I saw these dynamics play out while leading faith outreach for President Obama's reelection campaign and serving in the White House. During that time, I met hundreds of thousands of voters, and I learned how sincerely torn many of them are between our two political parties.
Despite cries from Beltway pundits that the American electorate is deeply and irreconcilably divided, the partisanship we see in Washington is a poor reflection of the character and values of the American people. This was clear to me on the campaign trail. I spoke with moderate Catholics who loved their Church, and disagreed with the Obama Administration's approach to the HHS contraception policy, but were motivated by their Catholic concern for the common good to support health reform. I met with Latino Christians who were uncomfortable with gay marriage, but also had trouble supporting a candidate who failed to see the conflict between family values and an immigration policy of self-deportation. I held events with young evangelicals who disagreed deeply with the president's stance on abortion rights, but could not reconcile spending their summer volunteering to serve the Third World poor with a vote for a candidate who suggests starting the foreign-aid budget at zero.
For these people, neither party is working. Their loyalty to party will only go as far as their values take them. So both parties have a choice to make.
The Republican Party is in danger of losing relevance in national elections, and becoming a party defined by its limitations: the cities it is unable reach and the voters it cannot attract. In a recent Pew survey, a strong majority (63 percent) of Americans believed the GOP has "strong principles," but a majority also viewed them as "too extreme," "out of touch with American people," not "open to change," and not looking out for America's future. It is one thing for the American people to trust the Democratic Party and President Obama more than Republicans on issues like the economy, climate change, immigration reform, and gun safety. But what should really trouble Republican loyalists is that on the deeper questions of values and character, Democrats now have the upper hand.
I have worked hard over the last six years to elect President Obama twice, and to work for his success while he is in office. But I also believe that American politics works best when both parties offer voters of various backgrounds and priorities a real, positive choice. For the last four years, the Republican Party has failed to do that. But Republicans should take comfort that the answers exist where they are most comfortable looking: the past. No, not to the 18th century and the Tea Party, but a mere decade ago with the compassionate conservatism of George W. Bush.
As Bush said often during his 2000 presidential campaign, compassionate conservatism is an approach that was "first and foremost springing from the heart." After the clear success of the Clinton Administration in improving people's lives, conservative rhetoric about government seemed cold and dogmatic: Even if you don't believe government should be the first tool of choice, why wouldn't you at least take it out of the toolbox? So Bush promised to use government to fight poverty at home and abroad through support for civic society, and improve education, particularly for minority children who were languishing in underfunded and poorly staffed school districts.
After the past four years of toying with what E.J. Dionne rightly calls a "radical individualism," Republicans' best hope is a return to a politics that leads with values. Compassionate conservatism does just that: Rhetorically, it values people over an idolatry of ideology that is disconnected from Americans' lives. Is it any wonder people question whether Republicans are looking out for them when the GOP responds to a president's passionate call to save children's lives through gun safety with twisted appeals to the Second Amendment, and suggestions that we give elementary-school teachers automatic rifles? Or refer to the free market and federalism as their reasons for opposing health reform that promises to improve Americans' quality of life and access to care? My Republican friends should know that the American people are profoundly less interested in Ronald Reagan and Milton Friedman than their own futures and those of their children.
Conservatives don't need to change their core principles to win a national election again, but they must filter their principles through a concrete concern for people's lives. Look no further than another Bush, Jeb, for a preview of the upcoming battle in the GOP. At the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year, Jeb delivered a speech every political operative on either side of the aisle should read. He told the conservative gathering:
Here's reality: if you're fortunate enough to count yourself among the privileged, the rest of the nation is drowning. In our country today, if you're born poor, if your parents didn't go to college, if you don't know your father, if English isn't spoken at home, then the odds are stacked against you. You are more likely to stay poor today than at any other time since World War II.
Unfortunately, the great tragedy of the past decade is that liberals have channeled the anger and frustration that comes from this oppressive dynamic and used it as an opportunity to attack the very idea of success itself. In their view, anyone who has climbed to the top 1 percent, top 10 percent, or top 20 percent has committed some form of gross social breach, and they deserve our scorn.
The voters Republicans need have no desire for compassion without understanding. A compassionate conservatism that hides a disdain for the downtrodden will not work.
In John's Gospel, some men of the law bring a prostitute to Jesus and tell Jesus that God's justice demands that she be stoned to death. Jesus responds that the first among them who has not sinned should cast the first stone. Of course, the men all drop their stones. This was not Jesus going soft on principle. It was Jesus extending grace and striking at the men's arrogance. Republicans need to reconnect their policies to values to win again. They need a conservatism with grace. A conservatism with a capacity for empathy.
The Republicans' most recent approach to presidential elections certainly isn't doing the trick. The Democratic nominee for president won in November, despite Republican certainty of the rightness of their political philosophy and Americans' response to a struggling economy. From Osawatomie to his address at the Democratic convention, Obama repeatedly made the case that Democrats cared about how people were doing in their daily lives, while Republicans would advance their ideology regardless of its impact. Republicans obviously would contest this account, but they were unsuccessful in pushing back during the campaign. Remember, a majority of Americans believe that, yes, the Republicans have their principles, but those principles are out of touch and not about Americans' future.
This construct gives the Democrats a major advantage, but the party faces an uncertain future. There is a reason the party remains in the minority in the House and faces a tough battle in 2014 to hold the Senate. Still, there has been little conversation about the direction Democrats need to go in order to continue their ascent. And while the party may seem to have the wind at its back on social issues, such as LGBT-rights and reproductive choice, I believe the culture wars still pose a serious danger to the Democratic Party.
After an unexpected and crushing loss to President Bush in 2004, leaders in the party and progressive movement took steps to try to ensure that they were never caught flat-footed on faith and social issues again. New progressive faith organizations sprung up, including Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Catholics United, and Faith in Public Life. Party insiders took meetings with religious leaders and organizations that they would have previously ignored. Soon, Democratic politicians, strategists, and large slices of the faith community were sharing a message that tapped into a sentiment that was widely felt: We need to end the culture wars.
Today, Democrats are in a similar position as Republicans after 2004. Both parties staked out an aggressive position on social issues and won. Republicans took this as a mandate. They were wrong. Democrats are already showing signs of similar hubris.
In 2006, the Democratic Party would have viewed the controversy over Kermit Gosnell as an opportunity to show that they are not ideologues on reproductive issues. Taking on Gosnell should not be politically difficult -- he's an unethical (to say the least) doctor who is on trial for killing babies who were born after failed abortion attempts, as well as creating unsafe, unsanitary, and frankly draconian conditions for women at his clinic. In 2013, however, Democrats have largely kept quiet. Some have reiterated the state of the law -- of course, killing a child after he or she is born is a crime and should be prosecuted -- but the horrors of the Gosnell clinic surely call for more than a passive affirmation of the law. Many Democrats have already expressed openness to abortion restrictions in the abstract, and a majority of Americans support making abortion legal in only a "few" circumstances, or making it illegal entirely. What abortion restriction is easier to support than clear policies on babies who have already been born?
The Democratic Party must decide again whether it wants to end the culture wars or if it now wants to try to win them. Ending the culture wars doesn't mean pretending we all agree and that the status quo is acceptable to either side. What it does mean is extending goodwill, and yes, grace, to those who disagree with the Democratic position on these issues. It may be good fodder for fundraising emails and targeted paid advertising, but the motivation of most social conservatives is not to oppress women (in fact, a lot of them are women), and suggesting pro-life Americans want to take America back to the Stone Age unnecessarily tells millions of people that today's America, not to mention the Democratic Party, has no room for them. This type of rhetorical approach is comparable to the strident moralizing that beat up Democrats and divided the country in the last quarter of the 20th century. Ending the culture wars means being able to cross enemy lines when the other side is right, and speaking to the other side's interests as well as your own whenever possible. Trying to win the culture wars will end up too costly -- for our country and for the Democratic Party.
The choices facing America's two political parties are real and immediate. Will Republicans reject the "radical individualism" of the last four years, and return to a compassionate conservatism that remembers our bonds and obligations to one another? Will Democrats decide to end the culture wars, or try to win them? The voters I spoke to on the campaign trail are waiting for their answers, and the answers they receive will say much about the values -- and the fate -- of our two parties.
This column was orginally published in The Atlantic.


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Shifter Kings Nashville Series
by Holly Gunn
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Shifter Kings Nashville Book 1
by Holly Gunn
She's a down on her luck barback who's had it with lions.
He's a lion king who has thirty days to find his queen.
Life's a rollercoaster, though, and it's full of surprising turns ...
Lion, the future king of the lion prides in the U.S., only has thirty days to find his future queen and secure their fate. But Lion has his work cut out for him.
Jules has had it with shifters, and male lions in particular. She doesn't need a man, even if he is a king, to mess up her life any more than her brother already has. Tired of being used and manipulated by others, she's not just going to roll over and think of England.
It's a good thing Lion's not a slam-bam-thank-you-ma'am, Tennessee man. Our king's about to show his queen that while life can sometimes be a bit of a rollercoaster ride, the best thing you can do is lock in tight and throw your hands in the air—and live.
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Shifter Kings Nashville Book 2
He's a redneck with a tribe to lead.
She's a wedding planner who wants her HEA.
Two souls. Lots of differences.
But they'll find a home in each other...
Spider is a family man down to his core. He's spent his life trying to live up to the expectations of being the future king of the Arachnid tribe. Now that his tattoo's gone dark—it's time to find his queen. Only he's got cousins he needs to get down from trees, long-lost relatives popping out of the woodwork, a shady construction company cheating his people of their land, and a queen who's more designer than she is redneck.
Sugar, and spice, and everything nice …
Chantelle is a Beaumont. Through and through. Or at least that's the image she's taught herself to project to the world. Done with trying to be perfect, she wants a family, a home, and for her king to show her there's more to living than working and trying to be someone she's not. More than this, she needs to believe in herself and that she has something to offer as queen.
Chantelle and Spider might start off rocky but they both know that the steady in life doesn't come easy. Steady comes when two people are together and showing each other that home isn't a place, work isn't your life, and what they offer each other goes deeper than material things. The real steady, as both Spider and Chantelle have learned, is in laughter and antics and knowing to your soul that the person you're with is your home.
Warning: Short, sassy, sexy read ahead . . .
Shifter Kings Nashville Book 3
A charming nerd who's new in town.
A surfer dude king looking for his queen.
Magic is about to happen.
Shark Irons has a problem. He's supposed to be finding his queen. He's supposed to be sliding into his role as king. What he is doing is dealing with a rash of shark attacks taking place in the Cumberland River. Humans are in danger. His shark shifters' swimming holes are being closed down. And Shark's worried he's already failing as king.
Lexie Leland is a nerd. In fact, she's in Nashville for a Comic-Con when she finds herself in a bind. Who should save her but a magical being, of course? Only Lexie isn't buying what Shark is selling.
It's a good thing these Nashville Shifter Kings know how to convince a woman he's in it for the long haul.
Shark's got a lot on his plate, but he's about to find that Lexie is his complement in all things. He asked for a queen, and he's getting one with fire, with sass, and with more power than he ever thought possible.
Warning: Nerdy, sassy, sexy novella-length read ahead...
Shifter Kings Nashville Book 4
A future king who doesn't want to be.
A witch with a heart-breaking past.
And secrets neither can keep for long ...
Seraphina Raynes has had a lifetime of avoidance. At every turn, she's pushed herself into the next challenge and over the next hurdle. And she always but always survives. Until she finds herself climbing a mountain she doesn't think she can handle alone.
Wolf Yaeger has never wanted to be king. He wants a quiet life in the mountains with a human mate who will give him some pups and who likes to get her some.
The minute he claps eyes on Sera, he knows she's the human for him. Now, he'll stop at nothing to make her his.
There's just one tiny something he doesn't know yet, and it's a doozie of a revelation he might not be able to get past …
Warning: Sassy, sweet, angsty, SEXY shifter novella-length read ahead...
Shifter Kings Nashville Book 5
He's a bad boy with a past he can't shake.
She's a good girl who's sick of drawing the short straw.
They're obviously a match made in shifter heaven—if only she can forgive his heartbreaker history.
Two months ago, Poison Yaeger had the best night of his life—then he ran. Now, he's set to be king of the wolves and, the once bad boy knows whom he wants as his queen … the same woman he left alone in bed two months earlier.
Callie Hartwood, better known as Doc has always done the "right" thing. Being kidnapped changes a girl, though, and she makes a promise to herself. Her vow: She's done being a good girl. She's not a dog to be praised for rolling over. She's a puma shifter. She's got claws. And she's no longer afraid to use them.
She's going to be bad.
And Poison wants to show her how. His lessons, however, aren't just for fun. He intends to win his queen, and he wants Callie to know that he may be a bad boy, but he's the only man for her.
A good girl + a bad boy + a psycho witch + sexy kings + sassy queens (phew!) = a Shifter Kings Nashville finale to remember!
Warning: Sassy, sexy, sweet, and angsty novella-length series finale! (Don't worry, L.A. is next …)
I'm the proud momma to a golden retriever named Charlie, two tortoises named Jake and John, a frog named Toad, and a gopher snake. The latter is my girl, Holly Jr. There's also the fact that I'm a thunderstorm-loving, front porch-sitting, hot cocoa-drinking, beauty product-hoarding, self-proclaimed environmentalist who just happens to write erotic romance. Saddle up, sweetheart. I've got a slew of shifters, bad boys, dirty men, and smart, sexy babes to get you started!
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This has been out for a few years now on My Yahoo.Originally posted by SSS@Dec 21 2002, 04:20 PM
Yahoo has now realeased Yahoo Web Messenger. It's only a beta. It almosts looks like the full version of Yahoo Messenger, although it doesn't have the Mobile button in the tool bar. Go to Messenger.Yahoo.Com and click on Web Messenger to launch Yahoo Web Messenger.
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Explore our History
Stained Glass
Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining but there are good examples of glass from the 18th century to the present day.
Medieval glass
Six panels of 13th century glass and some fragments of grisaille (shades of grey) glass are on display in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. It is not known where in the Abbey they were originally situated. Three heraldic panels showing the coat of arms of Henry III, Richard of Cornwall and Provence, are set in the window of St Edmund's chapel. These originally came from the apse windows. The large figures in the apse, including St Edward the Confessor and St John the Evangelist, incorporate some pieces of early glass.
In the windows at the west end of the aisles of the nave are composite figures made of fragments of early glass. These figures are thought to represent St Edward and Edward the "Black" Prince.
Around 30,000 small fragments of stained glass dating from between 1246 and 1520 were discovered in the vault pockets of the east triforium during work to install the new Galleries. Some of these are incorporated in the new donor windows there.
Tudor glass
Unfortunately the majority of the Tudor glass from the windows of Henry VII's Lady Chapel has been lost, most recently during the Second World War. Some small quarries (diamond-shaped panels) which survived have been set in the windows of the side aisle. Small dragons form the initial H for Henry. In the modern lower Islip chapel window is placed a 16th century panel showing the rebus (pun on the name) of Abbot Islip.
Glass from the 18th century
Sir James Thornhill designed the great west window of the nave which shows Abraham, Isaac and Jacob with the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Dating from 1735 it was made by William Price. The north transept rose window from 1722 is also a Thornhill design. This depicts Christ and the Apostles but was altered in the late 19th century when the feet of the figures were cut off.
Glass from the 19th century
J.R. Clayton and Alfred Bell executed several windows in the Abbey and in the Chapter House – to HMS Captain wrecked in 1870, to Abbey organist James Turle, to poets George Herbert and William Cowper and US diplomat James Russell Lowell. Also a small window showing Biblical poets in the east aisle of the south transept and glass in the Jerusalem Chamber.
In the nave is a window to engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel by Norman Shaw, to Richard Trevithick, Cornish engineer, by Burlison & Grylls and, now in the north quire aisle, is a window by William Wailes to engineer Robert Stephenson. Messrs Powell made glass for Infirmarer's Hall in the Little Cloister, Windows in memory of Sir William Siemens and Joseph Locke, engineers, were removed in the early 20th century in order to accommodate a new series of windows in the nave by J.N. Comper.
Several windows were destroyed by blast during the 1939-1945 war including those to Vincent Novello, the Ashanti war, the Indian Mutiny, Dean John Ireland, Geoffrey Chaucer, the Queen's Westminster Rifles, Marie Hora and Lady Augusta Stanley. Fragments from some windows damaged in the war have been re-used in the lantern windows, above Henry V's Chantry altar, in the top windows in the east cloister and in Cheyneygates, a private room in the precincts.
Glass from the 20th century
The glass in the south rose window was filled with new glass in 1902, by Burlison & Grylls, replacing some dark 19th century glass. The YMCA war memorial window in the nave is by Dudley Forsyth. A memorial to the Royal Flying Corps 1914-1918, by Harry Grylls, is also in the nave. After war damage in 1940 much of the Chapter House glass had to be replaced by Joan Howson but she was able to salvage and re-set quite a lot of the 19th century panels in alternate windows between her new designs. She included small quarries showing war time scenes in the south west window here. Four figures of monarchs above the entrance survived the war. Brian Thomas designed six lancet windows in the north transept to replace war damaged glass. They depict acts of mercy with some brown monochrome figures. St Francis with the birds is shown in a small window, by Francis Skeat, in the Dark Cloister and forms a memorial to Canon Duckworth. Graham Jones designed a new window above Chaucer's tomb in Poets' Corner to allow memorials to poets and writers to be added to it. Currently these commemorate Alexander Pope, Robert Herrick, A.E. Housman, Oscar Wilde, Christopher Marlowe, Fanny Burney and Elizabeth Gaskell. Major donors to the Henry VII chapel restoration appeal in the 1990s have small windows around the chapel, by Alfred Fisher of Chapel Studios. The west window here contains coats of arms of other benefactors especially Sir John Templeton.
Windows designed by Sir J. Ninian Comper
Comper's first window in the Abbey was installed in 1912 in memory of John Bunyan in the north transept. He was then asked to do a series for the north side of the nave depicting Kings and Abbots of Westminster. Most form memorials to engineers: Sir Henry Royce, Sir Charles Parsons, Sir John Wolfe Barry, Sir Benjamin Baker, Lord Strathcona and Lord Kelvin. The series also includes windows to the Royal Army Medical Corps and British Prisoners of War 1914-1918. After the last war his window depicting Lady Margaret Beaufort and Eleanor of Castile was inserted in the east triforium.
Windows designed by Hugh Easton
One of Easton's best windows is that to airmen of the Battle of Britain in the RAF chapel at the east end of Henry VII's chapel, unveiled in 1947. A memorial to the nursing services of Britain and the Commonwealth was installed in the Nurses' war memorial chapel. His window in the lower Islip chapel below this shows St Margaret of Antioch with Abbot Islip. The Citizens of the City of Westminster who died during the Second World War are remembered in a window in St Benedict's chapel, with large figures of Saints Michael and George fighting a dragon. Two smaller windows, including one depicting ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, are in a private room in the precincts but the latter can be viewed from the cloister near the door to Cheyneygates.
Glass from the 21st century
The centre east window of Henry VII's chapel was filled with glass depicting the Nativity in 2000. This was designed by Alan Younger and given by Lord and Lady Harris of Peckham. Two flanking windows in a blue and white design were added in 2013, designed by Hughie O'Donoghue and given by the same donors. In 2018 the new Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries were opened in the triforium. At the entrance can be seen windows with the names of major donors. These also incorporate fragments of glass of varying dates found during the conversion of the triforium. In September 2018 the new Queen's window in the north transept, designed by David Hockney, was unveiled. It celebrates the reign of Queen Elizabeth II with a Yorkshire country scene in vivid colours.
St Margaret's Church
The oldest and best glass in the church is in the east window above the altar depicting the Crucifixion. Made of pre-Reformation Flemish glass, probably between 1515 and 1526, it was purchased for the church in 1758. It commemorates the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, whose kneeling images can be seen at the base. The original face of Catherine was taken out in 1906 and can be seen in the Queen's Jubilee Galleries. The glass was removed during both world wars for safety.
The majority of the other stained glass was inserted in the 19th century when Frederic William Farrar was Rector. The west window was given by American donors in 1882 as a memorial to Sir Walter Raleigh, who is buried in the church. Glass in the west window of the north aisle was the gift of an American donor commemorating poet John Milton in 1888. He was married in the church. Both windows are by Clayton and Bell. The west window of the south aisle, by Henry Holiday, commemorates Lord Frederick Cavendish, murdered in Ireland in 1882. Three of Edward Frampton's windows survived the last war in the north aisle, to Admiral Robert Blake, Edward Morris and Edward Lloyd. Only the lower parts of the Lloyd window remain, depicting William Caxton at his printing press. Two smaller windows by this artist are in the vestry area. The other remaining north aisle window commemorates W.H. Smith, M.P. with a depiction of Christ as the Light of the World, by J.P. Seddon. In the north porch is a memorial window to Sir George Bartley who died in 1910. Over the south east porch is a window to Speaker of the House of Commons Edward Fitzroy unveiled in 1946, replacing a war damaged window to William Caxton by Holiday.
All the stained glass in the south aisle of the church was destroyed by blast during the Second World War. These included memorials to Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, Lady Arbella Stuart, Lord and Lady Hatherley, the Trollope family, Sir Henry Arthur Hunt and Lord Farnborough. The windows now in this aisle were designed by John Piper and executed by Patrick Reyntiens and dedicated in 1967. Most form memorials to persons associated with the church – Canon William Carnegie, Peter Kemp-Welch, Clarence Fletcher and Richard Costain.
Further reading
Stained glass of Westminster Abbey by Christine Reynolds, 2002
The Queen's window by David Hockney, co-ordinated by Susan Jenkins, 2020
Westminster Abbey Chapter House… edited by W. Rodwell and R. Mortimer, 2010 (see Chapter 13)
The glazing of Henry VII's chapel by Richard Marks in The reign of Henry VII ed. B. Thompson, 1995
Medieval glazing in Westminster Abbey, new discoveries, by Richard Marks, Burlington Magazine Jan. 2019 vol.161
Re-appropriation of the Gothic in early 18th c. England – eastern apse windows, thesis by Emma Woolfrey, York, 2015
Account of the window…to Herbert and Cowper and window to Milton [gifts of G.W. Childs] within Story of the memorial fountain to Shakespeare…edited L. Clarke Davis, 1890
Glazing the clerestory: the east window of Henry VII chapel… by Alan Younger, in Journal of Stained Glass vol. XXIV, 2000
The east window of St Margaret's Westminster by Hilary Wayment, Antiquaries Journal Vol. LXI, 1981
History and description of the windows of [St Margaret's] by J.E. Sinclair, 1906
Paintings by Thornhill at Chinnor [north rose window] by June Cray, Burlington Magazine, V, 1990
Clayton and Bell, stained glass artists… by P. Larkworthy in The Ecclesiological Society, 1984


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Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists.
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"A useful rejoinder, half a century on, to Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed; deserving of a broad audience among teachers and educational policymakers."
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"This book is a treasure! With rigorous intersectional theory, careful cultural criticism, and brave personal reflection, We Want To Do More Than Survive dares us to dream and struggle toward richer and thicker forms of educational freedom. With the mind of a scholar and the heart of a revolutionary, Bettina Love has penned a book that places her in the tradition of Freire, Giroux, hooks, and Ladson-Billlings. This beautiful text also affirms her position as one of the leading education scholars of her generation."
—Marc Lamont Hill, author of Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond
"We Want To Do More Than Survive is endarkened feminist wisdom in dark times. In the tradition of a skilled kente weaver, Dr. Love brings together abolitionist traditions of educational freedom work with contemporary struggles for Black humanity and creates a stunning tribute to the absolute necessity of joy and love in resistance struggles. What sets this book apart is Love's critical understanding that the splendor of kente is seen not in the weaver's individual efforts or strips of cloth, but instead when those pieces are woven together to illuminate our larger narrative as people of color in community. That narrative of Black freedom dreaming is this book you hold in your hands. And it is a must-read for those who love dark people, who love education, and who love the possibilities of educational freedom as intersectional justice right now."
—Cynthia B. Dillard (Nana Mansa II of Mpeasem, Ghana), Mary Frances Early Endowed Professor of Teacher Education, University of Georgia, and author of On Spiritual Strivings: Transforming an African American Woman's Academic Life
"Bettina Love has managed to write a book that is both a love song to our children and a potent weapon. Part memoir, part manual, part manifesto, We Want to Do More Than Survive explains that abolitionist teaching is neither a new set of standards nor a social justice curriculum, but a revolutionary commitment to transforming ourselves, our country, and the world. Written in breathtaking prose and bold cadences, it reminds us that 'mattering' is a verb, and making sure all of our kids truly matter is unfinished business for which we are all responsible. Educator or not, read this book: it is our North Star."
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