Ever learn about a new nonprofit and think to yourself “I had no idea that was a problem that needed addressing?” That happened to me this week when I learned about Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which builds beds for children who do not have one. The organization says there are 157,330 such ...
“We are homeowners whose entire neighborhoods have been destroyed by fires and we’re fighting our insurance companies while continuing to pay rate hike after rate hike.” “We are small business owners who have lost our stores, our restaurants, to the way we pay our bills for ...
A must-read essay written recently for The Guardian newspaper by Adrienne Matei titled “From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: Why Strongmen Rely on Women at Home” offers an important analysis of what is referred to as the “womanosphere” or the “femosphere.” Matei describes the ...
I hate to see the divisions growing in our country. Our enemies cannot defeat us militarily, but they have determined the best way to bring about our demise is for us to turn on each other. Thus, Russia, China, and others have devoted many resources to using the Internet to spread ...
I have not written a letter for a while as life just sometimes gets busy. We all suffer from that malady, too much to do in so little time. What I really like to write about is the number one problem we have as people. It is not a money problem, a weight problem, or anything else we can think ...
Why are only five district council members on the finance committee, instead of a member from every district? We ALL pay a CITY fee, so should not all districts have a seat at the table? This way, all would get their fair share of the pie, not just a few. Human nature. You take care of your ...