THE LIMITS OF FREE SPEECH

October 19-25 is Free Speech Week.  The First Amendment written in 1791 states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the...

THE GREAT BUTTERFLY INVASION OF 2020 HAS BEGUN

Recently we began to notice small brown somethings resembling windblown leaves swirling through the air.  Since the trees are still green in central Texas, I was quickly able to remove that possibility from the list.  Their speed, unfortunately, made identification...

2020 EXAGGERATION SYNDROME

For most of us, 2020 has been outrageous–CIVIL UNREST, COVID, DEATH, CHAOTIC POLITICS, FIRES, FLOODS—and we still have three months to go. The news cycles these days are teeming with catastrophes.  Unfortunately, all this staying at home gives many of us too...

THE TRUTH ABOUT GOSSIPING

Ladies, do you remember your mother telling you that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything?  And for good reason.  In the past, a woman caught gossiping could be in peril.  Women have been demonized as gossips since the 16th century.  At one point...

THANK YOU, RUTH

I owe my entire career to Ruth Bader Ginsberg.  Without her dogged determination to ensure women’s equality, I would most likely not have held good-paying jobs in the private sector.  President Richard Nixon’s attitude towards women was typical of the day.  The New...

THE BIG MEDICINE RIPOFF

If you were near my computer as I composed this blog, you would probably have seen smoke coming out of my ears.  I am steamed.  After a trip to the doctor, I stopped by the pharmacy to pick up an antibiotic prescription.  The pharmacist told me it would be $42 with my...