I’ve never been comfortable with the electronic age — the effect of having been born before television.  As a consequence, I spend my days being rattled when my computer screen freezes or I get an “undeliverable” message for an email address I know is correct.  Dante had

The last time I went to my hairdresser, she told me a story with a curious ending.  Her cell phone was lost or stolen.  She wasn’t sure which, so she did what she had to do to protect her private information then bought a more expensive model.  After using it a while, she discove

There’s a war going in  the United States against mothers and children.  This remark may pop a few eyes but let’s be honest, the model for the workplace in this country is based on the needs of men, not women who, according to writer Rebecca Traister, represent 47% the workforce

I think it’s broken.”  That’s what  Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said about the justice system when he testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee recently. (Click)  Despite agreement among experts in the scientific community as well as those working in th

When I was in college, several of my dorm mates played the recorder.  I loved the melodious sound of that wind instrument and thought I’d like to learn to play it one day.  I never found the time. The nearest I came to a recorder was listening to pan flute music by Gheorghe Zamfir

Reading the news each morning takes raw courage.   “If it bleeds, it leads,” is the media’s mantra.  Disaster draws eyeballs and that means an uptick in readership numbers which can attract advertisers.  Even though I understand the motive, I wonder if the media ever contemp

Recently, an acquaintance approached me for advice on how to proceed with a book he wanted to write.  The subject was non-fiction and on a topic I knew little about, but I agreed to meet him for coffee and listen to his ideas.  He’d researched his subject and had so many thoughts,

Everyone’s attention is locked on to Hillary Clinton’s missing emails.  But what about Edward Susterich’s enquiry concerning the emails of  Scott Walker, the Governor of Wisconsin? Walker claims God advises him on the major decisions in his life, so Susterich decided to get to

In a recent blog, I quoted a Muslim woman who expressed her shock at the immodest use of a woman’s body in western advertising. (Blog 4/9/15)  She considered such women as slaves,  doing the bidding of corporations.  I disagreed and offered a brief rebuttal, but I should have wai

I came across a comment by the singer, Bette Midler, recently which caught my eye.  The caption was “Ignore the Critics.”  (“Voices,” More Magazine, April 2015, pg. 51.)  Surprised that the glorious Bette gave any thought to critics, I stopped to read what she had to say.