The political upheaval that put Donald Trump into the White House has left me pondering. Why did so many women ignore his sexists attitude when they voted for him? Why do his supporters remain loyal, insisting he is fulfilling his promises, when by any objective measure, he has betr
Shooting stars are noted for a sudden burst of light that soon disappears. Their conduct is a metaphor for the lives of many in the public eye. Still, actors, musicians, politicians and the like, all strive to leave their mark upon the world. Are we mortals foolhardy in our immo
Chided by a woman on Facebook for my blog of 3/20/17, she informed me that the terms “alt-right” and alt-left” belong to the Nazi era and had no place in a discussion about the extreme right and left in American politics. Her comment revealed she’d done little reading on the s
If I had a dollar for every diet I’ve encountered in my life, I’d be a rich woman. Some diets, like Mayo Clinic, South Beach and Atkins, focus on weight loss. Others make suggestions for a healthy life. Mediterranean, microbiotic, vegetarian, raw food diets have all been tou
Teenage pregnancies are down across the United States but the reason isn’t because girls have learned to say “no.” The reason is they have easy access to contraception. (Click) Girls, rather than boys, have been held responsible for unwanted pregnancies and the responsibil
An art furor hangs over Dana Schatz’s painting, Open Casket, on display at the Whitney Museum Biennial in New York. The work depicts 14 year-old Emmett Till in his open casket after his brutal, 1955 murder in Mississippi, the consequences of a white woman’s false accusation
The letter began, “Don’t you dare defend the Constitution because it was written by Christians for Christians.” (“Crank Mail,” FFRF Free Thought Today, Jan/Feb, 2017, pg. 27.) The comment is kinder than most which the Freedom from Religion Foundation receives on a daily ba
Here we go again, another keeper of the canon is taking arms against a sea of MFA graduates and program writing, as she calls it, work which whittles narrative to the thinness of a toothpick, which mistakes craft for art and believes true writing is a self-indulgent rumination on self
Bees were put on the endangered species list, recently, along with certain butterflies. Some say a virus is killing them off. Others argue the fault lies with pesticides or a decline in habitat. The way builders are carving up agricultural land to erect houses makes me think a
Rural America must be wondering if either the Republicans or Democrats represent them. The loss of jobs in their areas has caused disruptions of epic proportions. (Blog 4/4/2013) Despite President Donald Trump’s assurances he will restore opportunities for blue-collar workers,