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Issues


  • 10 Reasons Why I Hate Valentine’s Day

    (Ok, I really don’t hate it, but “don’t like” is not as provocative…) 10. It is a commercial holiday. 9. It makes the lonely, lonelier. 8. People feel an enormous amount of pressure to please their significant other. 7. It’s a day that people who have effed up use to excuse poor behavior. 6. It’s overrated. 5.…

  • New Rules for Women in Combat

    Interesting… Not sure how I feel about it yet, but interesting. On staff with a previous employer, I did a lot of work about and on behalf of female soldiers and veterans, waaaay before anybody was talking about it. I raise my eyebrows now at all the attention that they receive and they have earned…

  • An America Built to Last

    POTUS Maximus used the phrase “an America built to last” repeatedly reminding us of the post-war economic boom which he recalled to discuss a unified America. It also put me in mind of the U.S. automobile industry which built this country…brilliant. After opening with a salute to our vets, he implored Congress and the country to take a lesson from…

  • MLK 2.0

    This past Sunday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 83 years old. Around the world, people remembered him and the legacy that seems to still elude us. I recently heard a commentary during which the question was asked, “if MLK were alive today, would he have embraced technology?” Would he be on Facebook? Twitter?…