While  Covid-19  has been kind to no one but big pharma, women are facing serious economic consequences because of it.  The fall 2020 edition of Ms magazine (pg. 9) reports,  “the number of women in the workforce fell below 50%” for the first time in 40 years.  Women who are

While it’s not cool to judge a woman by her outward appearance, there was a time when a First Lady’s wardrobe could claim as much media attention as a presidential executive order. First Ladies tended to wear outfits by  American designers and three of the most recent of them ful

People sometimes mistake cunning for intelligence. The attributes aren’t related.  Cunning comes from the gut, an animal instinct that assesses danger or opportunity and is necessary for survival.  A cat, hiding in the grass, its eyes fixed upon a birdbath is a visual expression o

I picked myself up off the floor after the first Trump-Biden presidential debate and asked myself what I’d witnessed.  A debate, it wasn’t.  A debate is an exchange of differing ideas argued between adults.  It has rules and procedures which allow each side to make its case. Wh

Yesterday, I had a consultation with an audiologist. I wear hearing aids.  At age 84, it’s not surprising. Even so, the man sounded apologetic when he said one day I might need a larger device, one that wasn’t as cosmic as those I now wear.  “I know people like to look their b

Whenever I get into trouble on Word Press, the platform for my blogs, I call my technician and ask him to fix it.  If he can’t, he goes to a site where technicians hang out and share information.  Usually, someone has a solution. This open-source watering hole has been a staple th

Despite the misinformation he’s allowed to spread on Facebook,  I admire Mark Zuckerberg’s intention to create a global community that can promote human understanding. To foresee the many ways his dream could be misused would require the powers of Nostradamus, so I don’t hold h

The Democrats in Congress are proposing several bills to curb presidential powers and to strengthen the system of checks and balances the Constitution provides. The changes offer increased protection for whistleblowers and agency watchdogs, prohibits a president from receiving payment

What a year 2020 is turning out to be.  A pandemic, the upcoming elections, and the untimely death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg are vying for top spots in the headlines. Given the cacophony, it’s little wonder few have noticed another woman has cracked a glass ceili

When did hungry people decide half a loaf wasn’t good enough? I’m speaking metaphorically, of course, referring to the “double haters,” that Donald Trump referred to in 2016. These were disillusioned people who looked for a change and didn’t think it was coming fast enough.