Upside Down Under: Losing a childhood friend...

My intent this week was to write about a special restaurant in downtown Bismarck and the people who operate it. However, there is a more pressing issue that needs to be addressed.

Another friend was lost to cancer last week and what appears to be remarkable about his case, is that it could have been preventable.

A family friend from back home, who we called “Soup Bone” when we were kids because he...