Movie Review: Madea’s Witness Protection
Tyler Perry’s Madea franchise has generated about $1 billion in revenue. Mr. Perry’s first play opened on July 8, 1992 to an audience of thirty people. Madea’s Witness Protection was released […]
Artist’s Date: Marysville, WA Strawberry Festival Parade
Marysville’s Strawberry Festival is the first parade in the annual Seafair season. I think you have to live in Washington State awhile before you can understand or appreciate a wacky […]
LET’S NOT FORGET TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AS WE TALK ABOUT BULLYING
By Cindy Waitt, guest columnist 2012 brought school bullying to the front of the line of topics nationally, and rightfully so. It’s serious, it’s important, and it’s pervasive. The statistics […]
Remembering Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson
How did the brutal murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald L. Goldman impact your life? Did you think ~ as I did ~ “there but for the grace of […]
FB Favorite: John Holt on Child Abuse
Thank you, Sunny Kelley.
Downton Abbey: Last Century’s 1% and 99%
History repeats itself. I think this is why so many people are fascinated by the PBS series Downton Abbey. 100 years ago the hot technologies were electricity, the telephone, and […]
Photos: Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration
Today two of my favorite people are celebrating their birthdays: Anderson Cooper, and Queen Elizabeth II. Mr. Cooper featured Mildred Muhammad in an Anderson show about domestic violence. Great Britain […]
FB Favorites: Thanks for Sharing Your Wit and Wisdom
The wound is the place where the light enters you. ~ Rumi Not All Wounds Are Visible: PTSD Support and Global Awareness is a phenomenal Facebook resource for people with […]
Sen. Bill Bradley: We Can All Do Better
Love is our truest impulse. Love translated into policy is justice. Sen. Bill Bradley, We Can All Do Better
Memorial Day Weekend: Expressing Sympathy with Empathy
There will come a day, I promise you. . . when the thought of your [loved one] brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. […]
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