One Billion Rising: Ending Violence toward Women and Girls
This Valentine's Day blog post is dedicated to ending the abuse of women and girls. You'll need to go to my blog to get the full effect. It's the least I could do:Did you notice when you got here...
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Panera Bread Artisans Knead a Union
In March, 2012, just six months after their franchise had been bought up by Bread of Life, a company owned by Manna Development, a former McDonald's franchisee, 18 bakers at six Panera Bakery and...
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Me at the Oscars: Fabulous or Fizzle, 60 years and Counting
When the first televised Academy Awards ceremony took place on March 19, 1953, I, a bedazzled 15-year-old movie fan, sat in front of our black and white TV set, riveted and no doubt pledging to never...
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Will the Real Bob Woodward Please Sit Down?
Once there was a young Washington Post reporter named Bob Woodward who became a celebrity almost overnight by joining with another reporter named Carl Bernstein (remember him?) to expose the inner...
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National Grammar Day: Well, La Di Da (or is it “Dah”?)
So I think I told you I’m working on a book. I’ve changed the title again, so now I’m calling it “Living to Tell About It”. (The sub-title may or may not be “How to tell your story when it gets to...
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It’s Not Always a Day at the Beach
On clear mornings here at the beach I’m out on the balcony waiting, like every other early riser, for the sun to poke up out of the ocean. This morning I woke earlier than usual, while it was still...
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CPAC 2013: Wingers Just Want to Have Fun
Every year around this time Republicans get to let their hair down and show the world that no matter what we've heard otherwise, they do have a silly side.Doom and gloom and global warming is our...
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News from Michigan, the Nation's First Dictator State
It could be that with all that's going on in the world you might have missed what's happening closer to home, in the sovereign state of Michigan. In just over two years, since businessman and venture...
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The Walmart Saga: Empty Shelves, Full Exec Pockets
I've been debating about writing about Wal-Mart for a while now for one very good reason: If I write as a knowledgeable shopper, people will know I shop at Wal-Mart. Chicken of me, I know, but some...
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Back in Michigan but not quite home
Just to let you know I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. We've been living out of suitcases for almost two weeks now as we worked our way north from our winter digs. We're in the U.P finally,...
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Hulabaloo at the Soo
Let me just say right off that when it comes to Homeland and border security, I'm all for it. When it comes to appreciating how essential shipping is to the Great Lakes, I'm right at the head of the...
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Politicians out of control on Guns: Never Forgive, Never Forget
Yesterday 46 members of the Senate voted down a proposal that would have been a logical first step to gun control--universal background checks. They were able to vote it down, even though 54 members...
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Forcing Religion in Public Schools is not Frowned on in Mississippi. I'm...
So one day somebody at Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood, Mississippi came up with the idea to hold a series of mandatory Christian assemblies, where students would be required to watch a...
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A Psychic Got it Wrong. Who Knew?
As if it wasn't enough this week that three young women held captive and terrorized by a madman were found alive after 10 long years, we now learn that in 2004, celebrated psychic Sylvia Browne made...
View ArticleSix Things Media Personalities Could and Should Avoid when Covering a Disaster
On Monday, May 20, a devastating monster of a tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma; the second category 5 tornado to hit this little town. (It happened before on May 3, 1999, with 44 deaths.) Reports coming in...
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FRIDAY FOLLIES: Bachmann's Adios, Hitler Tea Kettle, Michigan Dreaming, and...
Michele Bachmann to leave Washington to spend more time with her "family". Prompts the resurrection of FRIDAY FOLLIES. (What? Every Friday? Uh. . .we'll see how it goes.)So Michele Bachmann is...
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Guest Post: A New High School Graduate Takes on the Gun Issue
In the 4 1/2 years I've been writing this blog I've never felt inclined to bring in a guest poster. Today I do, and I couldn't be happier that Briana Morganroth has agreed to let me reprint the essay...
View ArticleIf Ed Snowden is a Hero, we're a Nation Bereft
There is nothing wrong with being young. Nothing wrong with not having a high school diploma. Nothing wrong with being idealistic. Nothing wrong with distrusting the government if something they're...
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The First Day of Summer. It’s all down hill from here. Let’s Celebrate
Where I live, at the 46th Parallel in Michigan, the sun rose this morning at 5:44. It will set at 9:29 tonight. We will have close to 16 hours of daylight today. It’s the Summer Solstice, the longest...
View ArticleI probably should have tried Marijuana
In a daring raid in 1948, Robert Mitchum got caught smoking marijuana in Hollywood:Sept. 1, 1948: Actor Robert Mitchum and starlet Lila Leeds were reportedly caught smoking marijuana during a police...
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