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Bravo Dolores and Richard, Your accomplishments deserve a place in the 1998-1999 PARKINSON HALL OF ACHIEVEMENTS for SPREADING ENLIGHTEMENT. You, Richard, for "being the tortoise", gaining strength and knowledge about yourself and completing the difficult course you set for yourself, even without having to battle the additional monster, PD. And you, Dolores, for the focus, clarity and tenacity with which you pursued the combined evils of ignorance in the ethical question of the usage of fetal tissue in research and the complacency of the media. Scoring with the Inquirer was a hell of a two punch (excuse me if I am using the analogy incorrectly). I don't know the number of letters you composed, (were they fewer than 50?) but I am sure that you were most persuasive in your presentation of facts. It just goes to show you, when you're right, you have might! Good luck testifying before the Committee, they have a lot to learn from you. We'll see you on TV, or in print - I hope. To the CURE in 1999! Margaret Tuchman Princeton, NJ B1941/Dx1980 [log in to unmask] Help us save the horses! Habitat for Horses, Inc. A lifetime home for abused, endangered horses. http://www.habitatforhorses.org/ -----Original Message----- Subject: Phila Inq Op-Ed Article SNIP <The article below appeared in today's Philadelphia <Inquirer on the Op-Ed <commentary page, following several months of exchanges <of e-mail and <phone conversations with Rachel Simon, and finally her <editor's approval <influenced by the Michael J. Fox publicity, stem cell <research, and the <death of Mo Udall. This interview took place two weeks <ago in my home with Richard Pikunis. SNIP <And hoping for funding, <ethical clarity, and the luck of the tortoise, before <time locks up his body for good.