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Making a Mess
Did you ever see how a little child plays with toys? More often than not, they start out by dumping all their toys, all the puzzle pieces into a big pile and only then do they get around to playing with favorites. The others sort of stay in a big pile and go untouched. Of course, sooner or later,......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-18 10:09:09 | Rating:

| Views: 23 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Financial crisis Wall Street mortgage failure financial meltdown regulation human behavior

SESAME STREET COMES TO AMERICA
I suppose that the rumblings were first heard sometime in the 1960’s, perhaps in reaction to the decade’s civil rights legislation. The rumblings turned to grumblings in the 1970’s as opponents to busing and then affirmative action became louder and stronger. From then until now......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-28 07:51:13 | Rating:

| Views: 29 | Comments: 0 | Tags: National politics diversity civil rights affirmative action Barack Obama national history

THE FIRST NATIONAL ADDRESS BY THE NEXT PRESIDENT
[It is the week after the new president has placed his hand on the Bible at his inaugural. He has requested network television time to address the nation on its energy policies. Already the pundits and op-ed writers have billed this speech as the most important one of the new president’s......Read More

Posted on: 2008-06-25 17:53:18 | Rating:

| Views: 39 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Energy taxes change future community government public policy

BARACK OBAMA
Who is Barack Obama? We can readily fill in his life story – raised by a single Mom, then grandparents in Kansas. An excellent public school record earned scholarships to college and law school where he became the editor of Harvard Law Review. After a stint as a civil rights attorney, he......Read More

Posted on: 2008-06-08 11:30:26 | Rating:

| Views: 82 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Barack Obama politics voting elections communitiy organizer

LOVE THAT PASTRAMI
When I was a kid, I read Mad magazine. My favorite part was the feature labeled “Scenes I’d like to see.” This feature took famous scenes from television programs or the movies and added an additional one, one that could be irreverent, containing a witty retort or something......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-12 10:56:37 | Rating:

| Views: 72 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Stonehenge mystery science ancient archeology pastrami and cream soda

FORTY YEARS AGO
This spring will mark the fortieth anniversary since the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Both of these figures share something in common other than how they died. The Rev. King was perhaps the last black man who commanded the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-04-05 12:44:53 | Rating:

| Views: 103 | Comments: 1 | Tags: King assasination Kennedy assasination racism poverty economic justice today the future meaning politics

Roxy the Cat Comes Back
Hi, my name is Daisy and I have a pet cat, Roxy is her name. When I was real small, a baby even, my Mommy, Daddy and I, went on a trip. I am not sure why we went away, except that it was winter and very cold and Mommy said the place we were going to was going to be real warm and sunny. Daddy told......Read More

Posted on: 2008-03-13 07:47:10 | Rating:

| Views: 66 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Children's story pet cat loss return happy endings

DREAMS
Whenever my mother would see a baby for the first time, she would always say to the new mom or dad, “Every day you should hold that little one close and say, ‘For you the whole universe was created.’” While I heard my mother say that many times, I have only recently begun......Read More

Posted on: 2008-01-29 18:20:18 | Rating:

| Views: 88 | Comments: 2 | Tags: Barak Obama politics hopes fears doubt cynicism

New Year Eve 2008
Whenever the hair begins to climb over the ears or a special occasion looms, chances are very good that I will make some time for a trip to Oscar’s Barber Shop in the central business district of the town where I live. With New Years drawing near, the other day I went in for my last......Read More

Posted on: 2007-12-31 16:33:14 | Rating:

| Views: 71 | Comments: 0 | Tags: New Year New Years Eve celebrate quiet and predictions

HURTFUL WORDS
The New Jersey State Constitution was written sometime in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. As you can imagine, some of the language reflected those times and, as a result, certain provisions, by today’s standards, are considered archaic and out of date. In rare cases, the......Read More

Posted on: 2007-11-03 14:20:29 | Rating:

| Views: 106 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Disabilities Mental illness Developmental disability Language Archaic terms politics

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