A few years later, he returned. We were all set to rehire him. Then he had a medical and was found to have high blood pressure. He was history. It was funny because I had developed high blood pressure on the job at the paper.
Newsrooms can be high-stress pressure cookers.
I was on blood-pressure medication. But under this Supreme Court ruling I could have been shoved out the door. Think about it. Think about all those millions of ordinary Americans who have high blood pressure today. If I were them I would begin to feel nervous.