I cry at the slightest frustration, now.  It doesn't matter what it is...forgetting my shopping list, missing a deadline for an assignment, dealing with unfairness...it seems that I have no resilience left in me.  Perhaps it's the financial stress of this economy, perhaps I'm just getting o… Read full post »

 The 2008 presidential election unleashed a new level of public meanness, most notably displayed by Tea Party activists at town hall meetings shouting down their representatives, throwing fists, carrying ugly signs, and generally disregarding the social mores that respect the person eve… Read full post »

Bob Lutz, adviser to GM, while on the Dylan Ratigan show on MSNBC, tries to make the argument that any so-called war on the middle class is ludicrous and counter-productive to the repair of our economy.   In making his argument that the middle class is not under siege, he unwittingly makes… Read full post »

Unlike Peter, Paul, and Mary, if I had a hammer I would use it to whack people over the head when they seriously piss me off, and then I would stomp on them.   Phew!  Good to get that violent language out of my head and onto the page.  My college-bound son… Read full post »

The gap between conservative and liberal values is widening by the day, as evidenced by the opposing sides literally fighting out their differences in town hall meetings over health care.    I have spent my entire life thinking that if a person is a close friend of mine, we have a shar… Read full post »