Life often calls on us to be heroes, sometimes in small ways, sometimes in grand ways. A hero is a person admired for courage, nobility, exploits, qualities, or achievements and regarded as an ideal or model. America seems to be good at making heroes when we need them. Here are some heroic women of our Revolutionary War (1775-1783) you may not have heard about. They all contributed to this great experiment we call American Democracy. Like Paul Revere, Sybil Ludington rode horseback in the dark of night. On April 26, 1777, at age 16, she rode 40 miles through a […]

With a voter approval rate that has remained over 90% since election night, Measure H, Sharp HealthCare’s 30-year lease of Tri-City Medical Center, appears certain to pass. But how this partnership will turn out, well, that’s less certain, especially given the massive changes underway in health care nationwide. The immediate future is clear. If the partnership with Tri-City closes at the end of the month, as anticipated, Sharp will begin investing $100 million in the Oceanside public hospital district. Chris Howard, Sharp’s chief executive officer, said this week that a range of actions will need to unfold in the coming […]