Tag Archives: morality

ADVICE FROM BABA WAWA? I DON’T THINK SO

Anyone who’s read my articles knows that I’d rather stick knitting needles in my ears than watch an entire episode of “The View.”  The idea of watching a bunch of cackling women sitting around a table spewing their mostly idiotic views is more than I can take.  If I watch a segment every few months, […]

THE OLD AND THE NEW – DOES ANY OF IT REALLY MATTER?

I recently wrote an article about my disdain for Hollywood remakes and someone commented and said “I strongly suggest you step out of your age-ism and try really hard to recognize that the world we live in is not the one you grew up in.” Well, clearly I’m aware that the world we live in […]

THE NANNY STATES OF AMERICA

Minnesota, like so many states, is facing a harsh reality.  On July 1st, the government shut down and each side began blaming the other for failing to pass a budget that would solve the $5 billion deficit. What caught my attention was the story of Sonya Mills, a 39-year-old mother of eight children – six […]

WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?

Before I begin, I want to set the record straight. Despite claims by my husband who is convinced that I was the topless girl on the roof of a car in the movie “Woodstock” (he wasn’t there by the way, I was), I’ve never been topless any where in public in my entire life. That […]

IS OUR MORAL COMPASS POINTING SOUTH?

I recently saw a television show about a man who left a suicide note and disappeared.  He left his wife practically destitute with only the proceeds from a small insurance policy and death benefits from Social Security for their two sons.  Five years later, he was declared dead. Fourteen years later, after rebuilding her life, […]