Yesterday’s blog (1/31/17) was about blue-collar workers and the potential for them to find new jobs in computer coding.  That’s good news.  But the job market has had a number of work opportunities for some time which men have been slow to consider.  I’m talking about pink c

Geometry was my downfall in high school.  Languages weren’t much better.  I have an aversion to memorizing material.  All those theorems and all that vocabulary made my head spin.   On the other hand,  my brief but spectacular introduction to organic chemistry was a delight. 

What if children in this country were treated as precious commodities, the way the desert treats rain drops?  What if each infant were given sufficient nurturing – healthy meals, a safe environment and a decent education?  What would our society look like in the future?  We’ll

The woman in this coroner’s photograph was called Gerri.  She died in 1964 attempting to give herself an abortion with a coat hanger.   Something went wrong and she bled to death alone on her bathroom floor.  If the picture offends anyone, I am sorry, but the circumstances shoul

In a recent blog (Blog 12/14/2016), I wrote my thoughts about the centuries of patriarchal thinking that have painted women as inferior to men. I referred to women who accepted this view as having  a “chattel mind.”  That I was guilty of the same misperception became clear when

I recall in my college readings a story about David Hume, a philosopher of the 18th century, who believed only what his eyes confirmed — though he was wary of that information as well.  During a conversation with the literary figure James Boswell, Hume asserted a gap existed be

Walking back from the park the other day, I came upon a manifesto of sorts, typed in single space and nailed to a telephone pole. The message declared that no one should remain silent while another was persecuted for the color of his skin or his impoverished condition.  Evil, the

“Casting couch,” is a phrase that’s been floating around Hollywood for decades.  A casting couch is where a comely actress drops her dress in exchange for a role in a movie.  My mother, a ringer for Hedy Lamar, did a few laps around that couch before giving up her drea

I confess I’m a fan of the television series, Big Bang Theory.  The 30 minute program centers on scientists who are captivated by comic book heroes.  Sexual gags aside, the program exudes a childlike innocence, not dissimilar, I suppose, from the curiosity a scientist feel

I wrote recently about khatatna in the United States, the practice of slicing a girl’s gentiles, behavior common in the Middle East.  (Blog 6/30/17)  Though a cultural ritual, it has no place in the United States.  Perpetrators should be caught and punished.  Kha