Immigration, the southern border, the forced separation of families and the power of First Ladies First Lady Melania Trump and former First Lady Laura Bush have spoken out against the current “zero tolerance” policy being employed against families arriving at the U.S. southern border. According to the spokeswoman for Melania Trump, “Mrs. Trump hates to […]
Today’s PSA: put on your Sonscreen! It’s that time of year for enjoying long trips to the lake and soaking up rays around the pool. But those harmful UVA and UVB radiation rays will cook you! We need protection, put on your sunscreen! Next time you reach for that high SPF I want you to […]
Bringing Light to Darkness My conversations this weekend often circled around to suicide. Kate Spade. Anthony Bourdain. My sister’s colleague’s 27-year-old son… People who had everything and life yet to live. Why is answered with unsatisfying speculation and we are left feeling vulnerable to an Enemy now openly stalking us, seeking to kill and steal […]
Start the Conversation: Connecting Point: The Miss America Pageant has announced that it will no longer judge the contestants by outward appearance but by what’s on the inside – shifting the focus from bodies to “what comes out of their mouth” and what’s in their “soul.” For women, particularly, beauty is a goal— something we spend […]
Redemption in a Prison Hospice Unit Joni Eareckson Tada will join me on Friday to discuss the question, “When is right to die?” In preparation I read her book and articles about right-to-die, assisted-suicide legislation. I’ve also been reading widely about prison reform as a part of the wider conversation surrounding much needed criminal justice […]
I was getting into my car after a lunch appointment when I saw him He was standing on the other side of the street and people were streaming past. He was a big man, holding a small piece of paper, looking lost. I called to him and extending my hand said, “Hi, I’m Carmen.” He […]
Start the Conversation: The Connecting Point: Our nation’s immigration system is broken, leaving millions of people with an uncertain future about their legal status in the country. And as a result of the Syrian conflict, the world is witnessing the highest levels of human displacement on record. The Disconnect: The Internet provides a portal into […]
Season 2 Update: Second season worse than the first https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/22/netflixs-13-reasons-why-is-back-with-a-graphic-second-season-its-more-disturbing-than-the-first-many-say/? In season one a teenage girl graphically commits suicide. In season two she returns as a ghost. To top that, Netflix includes a 2 minute long brutal rape of a teenage boy in the school bathroom and another episode where a student arrives at school armed […]
Bernard Lewis has died He was 101 and he changed the century in which he lived. You may have never heard of him but you should read his work. In addition to his obituary, please read “The Return of Islam” from Commentary Magazine, 1976. Bernard Lewis saw things coming others did not see. He was a […]
There is story after story today about loneliness. The United Kingdom now has a minister of loneliness to deal with what researchers there describe as an epidemic. In Japan, lonely old women are shoplifting so they will get sent to prison where they will have care and community. From Amsterdam to America researchers are noting […]