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Christina Symanski – Weird News? Try Tragic
Here is what offends me: this news item was classified – wrongly and callously – as “weird news.” The journalistic summary in question pertains to the death of Christina Symanski, at age 31, a paraplegic who took her own life by starving herself. Incidentally, the starvation process required two months. She died December 1st, 2011, […]
Healthcare: Headache or Heartache?
Anyone see the New York Times yesterday? A new study shows that health care costs for family coverage have risen 9% for employers in the past year. Concerned about that? Concerned if you’re working and covered? If you’re working and not covered? If you’re looking for work? What about your friends and family that may […]
Missing Moguls, Tales of Taxes, Staggering Statistics
This one caught my eye the other evening – the reappearance of former Computerland CEO William Millard, and the apparent cat-and-mouse game to hunt him down and collect some $100 million in taxes. I’m not entirely sure why these mysteries fascinate me, though certainly the larger-than-life personalities have much to do with it, including the […]
Innocent until you “look” guilty?
This particular news item caught my eye this morning, regarding immigration legislation in Georgia, signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal. Is this about jobs? About tax dollars and services, or something more insidious? Netting it out – Georgia has joined the states of Arizona and Utah in trying to enact their own immigration legislation. […]
Money Matters
My favorite skinny jeans have a tiny hidden pocket. What’s inside it? A small lip gloss, and a neatly folded twenty. An emergency stash. I feel better knowing that it’s there. My other jeans? Generally, there are two or three dollars in a back pocket, along with metro tickets – just in case. And I […]
Is “Giving” Complicated?
Generosity shoukd come naturally. It’s in our best interest.
Stilled By the State of My World
She rarely speaks, usually nodding her head and smiling. This morning she talked to me, loading my weekly groceries into the trunk. Her English is poor, but comprehensible. She looked troubled. My Neighbor, Myself She has been working as a bagger at my local supermarket for 10 years. She is a single mother, mid-thirties. Her […]
Spotlights
One of the first things I did when we moved into our home was to install spotlights. I love the vibrancy of the art hanging on my walls. It reminds me of friends, of places I’ve lived, of people I know and care about. It inspires me to continue writing and working and setting goals, […]
Tiger Spit
So where do you stand when it comes to the great Tiger Divide? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, there are numerous news items addressing Tiger Woods’ most recent indiscretion – spitting on the green in Sunday’s PGA tournament. Many golfers – and onlookers – took offense at the act, sizing it up […]