The War on Drugs soldiers on, but it’s safe to say that public awareness of and support for the campaign to legalize marijuana is growing, especially regarding medical marijuana (MMJ), which represents something of a “gateway drug” to across-the-board legalization.
You may start to think that all I do is watch television– what, with the weekly Parenthood recaps and now branching out to the new show on Fox called Raising Hope. I’ll let you in on a secret: On Tuesday nights, I do plop down at 8pm and try my hardest not to get up […]
I recently heard someone describe himself as a “born-again artist” and I have decided that I am totally stealing his line. Here’s the story…
Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday have all come and gone. And my shopping list hasn’t gotten any shorter, has yours? I will also admit, I’ve written these guides in order of simplicity – in the grand scheme of things, babies, toddlers and preschoolers will forget about whatever you give them a few […]
So this is what’s called a lunchtime poll. You win five million dollars in the Publisher’s sweepstakes. On the same day that what’s-his-face gives you the check, aliens land on the world and say they’re going to blow up the Earth in two days. What are you going to do with the money? /warned you!
The title says it all. Medically speaking, there’s no “cure” for a hangover, but everyone knows a heavy dose of salt and carbs somehow works wonders by settling upset stomachs and pounding heads. Yeah, you could just go to the McDonald’s drive-thru and order a McMuffin, extra grease, but where’s the fun in that? Plus, […]
We’ve had a few posts this week using this tag, and we’re getting some backlash. Some folks get pretty testy when the concept of rape culture is brought up, and while my natural inclination is to be not nice, I’m going to try a slightly different track – education.
Good morning dear readers! How’s it going? We are in the home stretch of this week where those of us in the US are still a little hungover from the turkey, sweet potatoes and pecan pie. We’d like to wish everyone a very happy Hanukkah as we swing into another full day of interesting things […]
Today was apparently not a good day to be a Persephone writer. One by one, most of today’s authors were dropping like flies. Meghan swooped in with her mighty keyboard of Justice and Wordsmithery and between the two of us we managed to fill in most of the blanks.
In researching this topic, what I found most interesting was how many searches for famous or notable teachers came up with a list of dead white men. The only women listed in the first several lists I saw were Maria Montessori and Ayn Rand. Since I know there are hundreds of remarkable women who taught […]
Today is World Aids Day, which marks nearly 20 years since the AIDS virus was first recognized by the U.S. Center for Disease Control. A 2010 Global Report from UNAIDS demonstrates just how far we’ve come since then in preventing, treating, and eradicating the AIDS virus, and offers hope for the future.
The official Pentagon study, which surveyed 115,000 troops and 44,200 spouses, was released yesterday, but not publicly, so all we have to go on are the anonymous claims made by people who’ve worked on it or been privy to its findings. Apparently, getting permission to read the results of a nationally pertinent study is harder […]
Discussing and understanding rape culture is relatively new to me; it’s mostly in just the last few years, and largely thanks to my bloggy feminist comrades, that I’ve come to realize that societal norms contribute to the romanticization or normalization of rape. This new awareness has led me to spot evidence of rape culture in […]
Thanks to Congress doing what it does best–delaying decision-making until programs just die and float up to the big bureaucracy in the sky–two million people who received extensions on unemployment benefits will be cut off by the end of this month. These so-called “99-ers” (for the total of 99 weeks they were on unemployment) will […]
I think Glee has been on somewhat of a roll recently. I adored last week’s wedding episode, and I found this week’s “Special Education” to be charming and full of pretty great musical numbers. I do want to throttle whomever keeps picking terrible songs for the Warblers. Dollars to doughnuts, Maroon freaking 5 is next.