Here’s where I admit I’m accidentally racist, but I tone it down by creating a new word. I’ll also share the blame by noting that everyone – black, white, yellow, green – has racist tendencies. We can’t separate our lives from how we were raised, and when it comes to equality, we’re all, in […]
Read More →My kids forced me to say things. Some statements are universal in parenting, such as “Because I said so, that’s why.” Some statements not so much. We often assume intelligence in our offspring only to be disappointed. My son once asked permission to stick his head through a screen door. Kudos for asking, but surely, […]
Read More →We universally agree: Mentally ill people shouldn’t have guns. Guns kill, and some mentally ill people have bizarre reasons to pull the trigger. That agreement, however, is the problem. It makes the ban-guns-to-the-mentally-ill initiative sound like a solution to the upswing in violent U.S. mass killings – which it is. But it also makes it […]
Read More →My 21-year-old daughter went to an Orlando party hosted by a work friend this summer, and the rebel flag was a hot topic, or as hot as a topic can get when multiple beers precede conversation. Many partiers, to my daughter’s dismay, made points that boiled down to black blame. Things are fine the way […]
Read More →My adult daughter, a child of divorce, wants to know the secret of lifelong wedded bliss. How, she wonders, can she avoid divorce and have “I do” last until one spouse dies of very old age. As one half of the divorce that impacted my daughter, I don’t feel qualified to give advice. But […]
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