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Three Things I Wish I Knew Before I Voted In MY FIRST ELECTION I was tempted to say 2000 (or 2004, 2008, or 2012; pick one), but these felt still too close. So, let’s go back in time. Perhaps then we … Read More
Last week’s blog post, My Most Embarrassing Moment, wasn’t actually THE most embarrassing moment. It was more of an A most embarrassing moment, one among many over the years. BUT, being the social psych nerd that I am, I … Read More
My Happy Birthday to Mr. Rogers will run on Friday this week. This morning, the day after Super Tuesday, I feel compelled to post this one instead. Fear is running rampant in our country today. I hear “I’m afraid” all around … Read More
DST: Sunday, March 13, 2016 2:00 am to Sunday, November 6, 2016 You have a choice today. You can read my post on DST from 2015 (which is a rehash of my 2014 DST post) by clicking … Read More
Sex often makes us laugh. Being able to laugh at sex is one of the ways in which I remind myself that rape, and the “culture of rape” as we’ll discuss here today, is not about SEX. It’s about POWER. … Read More
British philosopher Bertrand Russell, famously conjugated the verb “to be” this way: I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool. And so we begin Part III of our ongoing series that began last January with When Cultural Difference is Used … Read More
How the year has flown. The following story is one I’ve shared before, first in 2013 and again in 2014. It is a story that teaches us that peace can be found if individual men and women want it badly enough … Read More
December 2, 2015 Last spring on a visit to my grandchildren in Ohio, I had occasion to talk to my eight-year-old granddaughter Kendall about “First World Problems.” Have you heard the term? I had thought it was an idea originating … Read More
This was to be a blog with no words. Merril D Smith’s blog on Monday, Still Life, got me started. She opened with this quote: “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more … Read More