Women of a Certain Age

If you're a person of a certain age, you know the name Ben Bradlee.  You know he was ...

I took vacation July Fourth week to spend time with a West Coast friend visiting family in the Hamptons.  Her plan was to rent a car (one wa...

Who indeed? Paul Krugman's   NY Times Op-Ed today focuses on the myth of debt recovery in the past.   You often hear assert...

Friday's Washington Post article by Sally Kohn  dives into the history of our current bout of "class warfare".  It has always ...

A twin terror attack in Norway Friday afternoon has claimed the lives of 93 persons, most of them children.  At this point, one man has been...

An apparent domestic dispute turned deadly at a private children's party in a Grand Prairie Texas roller rink Saturday evening.  Accordi...

"It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City’s history."   opening line of "Triangle Fire" on PBS' Ame...

Qaddafi Forces Hold Strategic Town as Allied Attacks Continue Rebels want Qaddafi alive to face trial. Per HuffPost , they don't want an...

Congresswoman Maxine Waters I've always admired Maxine Waters. She voted with courage and common sense against the invasion of Iraq. S...

Shirley Sherrod with the "Family Farm Champion Award" f rom aglawllm.blogspot.com   2009 By now, you are probably familiar with ...

Twenty five miners killed in what is being described as the "worst U.S. mining disaster in more than two decades."    Performanc...

  Hosed   by Cole Scott Thought I'd post some links to places I go for points of view on the news I'm getting from the networks, t...

From yesterday's NY Times.com,   "Months ago the president of CNN/U.S., Jonathan Klein, offered a choice to Lou Dobbs, the chan...

Just finished nytimes.com article "In New York, It's the Summer That Isn't" and it's chock full of interesting tidbit...