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The 4th of July is a wonderful holiday, and you're not going to see me turning away a brat, baseball or fireworks today. Not to mention, I love me a good John Philip Sousa march as much as the next American. Indeed some of my happiest memories involve sitting in our neighbor's backyard in Denton, …
Continue reading "Separation of church and state, or why I hate patriotism in Mass"
In mid-March a collective gasp erupted across the country as people were stunned – stunned! – to discover that rich people sometimes buy their way into elite universities. Mom and Dad wanted their offspring to have the best and they were going for it. As someone who works in higher education, I've seen more and …
Continue reading "Want to REALLY help your kids? Let them fail."
Throughout my childhood, I was molested by my father. He suffered neglect and abuse in his own childhood, and his service in World War II added to his demons. All that led to drinking, and alcoholism fueled his abusive behavior. He never had sexual intercourse with me, which is the dictionary definition of incest, but …
Continue reading "No exceptions abortion laws aren’t pro-life"
Today, for the shortest of times, I was a bee keeper. Or rather, a bee keeper's apprentice. Maybe even lower than an apprentice. More like an aide. Or an intern. Or just the person who shows up hoping not to get stung. As part of my #year60goals, I wanted to harvest honey and was having …
I have always thought models had it easy. Sure, they can't eat cheese or cupcakes or 1,000-calorie chicken pot pie, but in terms of their job? Come on. Standing around looking beautiful, especially when you were born in the deep end of the Naturally Gorgeous Gene Pool? That's not W.O.R.K. But, like so many things …
Do you sometimes fear for your life when on foot or bike? You're not alone. My thoughts on the issue in my latest column for the Arizona Daily Star. https://lnkd.in/ejw2sSd
I'm certain everyone is just dying - DYING - to know where I stand on the 30-in-60 Year Challenge. No? Well, you're getting the update anyway. Let's start with this: That's yours truly trying to do the standard Go Cats Go cheer with the captain of the University of Arizona cheer team (left) and her …
A couple weeks ago, during the first full week of Lent, I saw a homeless man riding the Tucson streetcar. His belongings were crammed into six or seven grocery bags corralled over a stretch of about three feet. Clothing and empty plastic bottles were pushing out of the bags like butterflies trying to escape their …
There are times in my life when I want to say something like, "How were these people allowed to be parents?!!!?" Today is one of those days. The internet is ga-ga over the latest viral video showing parents throwing slices of American cheese at their infants and toddlers. An Inside Edition video asks if this …
Continue reading "Getting cheesed over parents throwing it at babies"
I recently met a soon-to-be mom who shared a litany of worries with me: which car seat to buy, how to pay for day care, how to raise a normal kid in a social-media obsessed world, how to make sure she didn't mess up her child. She was crying and I did my best to …
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