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Women’s Equality Day

Though often unacknowledged, August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. More than  40 years after the women’s liberation movement stormed onto the scene opening a floodgate of dialogue about women’s rights, its déjà vu all over again. Today women are still

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Women’s Equality Day

Though often unacknowledged, August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. More than  40 years after the women’s liberation movement stormed onto the scene opening a floodgate of dialogue about women’s rights, its déjà vu all over again. Today women are still

Ivana Trump Divorce

Ivana Divorce -The War Between the Trumps

In 1990 the biggest war story in NYC was not Desert Storm, but the contentious and very public war between the Trumps. Classy! In the early 1990s Donald Trump and his terminally tacky behavior touched off a frenzy of tabloid

Ivana Trump Divorce

Ivana Divorce -The War Between the Trumps

In 1990 the biggest war story in NYC was not Desert Storm, but the contentious and very public war between the Trumps. Classy! In the early 1990s Donald Trump and his terminally tacky behavior touched off a frenzy of tabloid

Trump’s Ketchup Connection

Like any good red-blooded American man, Donald Trump loves his ketchup. Whether dousing it on a well-done T-bone steak or White House walls, he can’t get enough of the sticky red stuff. In fact, if the White House kitchen cupboards

Trump’s Ketchup Connection

Like any good red-blooded American man, Donald Trump loves his ketchup. Whether dousing it on a well-done T-bone steak or White House walls, he can’t get enough of the sticky red stuff. In fact, if the White House kitchen cupboards

I Can’t Believe I’m Marching For Abortion Rights Yet Again

I can’t believe I’m marching yet again. I’ve been marching now for 4 decades for reproductive rights. I’m weary. I’m menopausal. But I have no choice. Because when it comes to women and their bodies there must be a choice.

I Can’t Believe I’m Marching For Abortion Rights Yet Again

I can’t believe I’m marching yet again. I’ve been marching now for 4 decades for reproductive rights. I’m weary. I’m menopausal. But I have no choice. Because when it comes to women and their bodies there must be a choice.

Facebook Jail- An Ex-Con Speaks

Proudly I have now joined the long and noble list of the righteous who served time in jail for their beliefs- truthtellers like Emma Goldman, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandella to name just a few. Tossed in the Facebook

Facebook Jail- An Ex-Con Speaks

Proudly I have now joined the long and noble list of the righteous who served time in jail for their beliefs- truthtellers like Emma Goldman, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandella to name just a few. Tossed in the Facebook

Art Appreciation It’s All In The Family 

I’ve been in hundreds of art shows over the years. It is always a thrill. But this most recent one, “Agency: Feminist Art and Power” at the Museum of Sonoma County is especially satisfying. Meaningful in ways no other has

Art Appreciation It’s All In The Family 

I’ve been in hundreds of art shows over the years. It is always a thrill. But this most recent one, “Agency: Feminist Art and Power” at the Museum of Sonoma County is especially satisfying. Meaningful in ways no other has

Holocaust  And the Jewish Race

Never forget that when Whoopi Goldberg shared her ill-informed views about the Holocaust on the talk show of the same name stating that the Nazis’ murder of six million Jews was “not about race,” she was wrong. Dead wrong. Never

Holocaust  And the Jewish Race

Never forget that when Whoopi Goldberg shared her ill-informed views about the Holocaust on the talk show of the same name stating that the Nazis’ murder of six million Jews was “not about race,” she was wrong. Dead wrong. Never

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The Horror of the Holocaust  Never Deny and Never Forget

Never Forget. Those words were seared into me as a child.  Today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jews come together as a community to say we will never forget the horrors of the Holocaust. Even as some American schools choose

Maus, Nazi Book Burning

The Horror of the Holocaust  Never Deny and Never Forget

Never Forget. Those words were seared into me as a child.  Today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jews come together as a community to say we will never forget the horrors of the Holocaust. Even as some American schools choose

A Mother’s Lessons on Vaccine Advocacy Not Hesitancy

Today’s epidemic of COVID vaccine hesitancy and resistance among mothers would be something totally baffling to my own mid-century mother. “Hesitant about what?” I imagine her asking incredulously? “Saving their child’s life? Resistant to saving neighbors? Who ever heard of

A Mother’s Lessons on Vaccine Advocacy Not Hesitancy

Today’s epidemic of COVID vaccine hesitancy and resistance among mothers would be something totally baffling to my own mid-century mother. “Hesitant about what?” I imagine her asking incredulously? “Saving their child’s life? Resistant to saving neighbors? Who ever heard of

Irony When You Least Expect It

I’m a gal who loves irony. My readers know I don’t skimp on it in my perspective. There is often a hefty helping of it in much of what I write. Sometimes irony just stares you in the face when

Irony When You Least Expect It

I’m a gal who loves irony. My readers know I don’t skimp on it in my perspective. There is often a hefty helping of it in much of what I write. Sometimes irony just stares you in the face when