You Care, I Care, We All Care By Jolene Pohl It is fantastic that our country’s president has a lot of experience with Constitutional law; since he was the first African-America president of the Harvard Law Review in 1990, the details of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) do not elude him in any manner. He [...]
Who’s Afraid of Mr. Nice Guy? By Jolene Pohl I am sure that Mr. Rush Limbaugh is a nice guy who opens doors for elderly folks, eats with the proper utensils and maybe he even gets his own mail. His life doesn’t affect mine in any way and he certainly has no connection to my [...]
Well, I have been pretty busy with trying to finish Grad school which is why I haven’t been posting blogs very often. I also have been very preoccupied with trying to navigate through the end of my marriage as well as what the hell I am going to do about my mortgage. Now I am [...]
So, a question that I get on a regular basis from men and women is often about my choice of study for my Master’s degree….it is “Why Women’s Studies?” It puzzles me because I guess I have taken it for granted knowing that women are still not on equal ground with men when it comes [...]
Ohio is a battleground state on many issues but most recently the energy crisis has reached our front door. Here are some links about the current situation. Along with Natural Gas drilling worries our state will also be opened to an oil pipeline from the tar sands in Canada. We have a lot of work [...]
PBS has put together a five-part series that is inspiring and heartbreaking. These may be some of the most important stories of our time. Please check out the website for the videos. The recent Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Women Waging Peace Network members Leymah Gbowee and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. Their amazing [...]
The debate about laws concerning immigration continues in Washington but the damage has already been done for millions of people in our country. The face of immigration has been Hispanic families for the past decade which excludes them as part of the real face of the U.S. Avoiding assumptions about legal status is yet another [...]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/economy/jobs/we-cant-wait Rome is burning….
It may sound odd coming from a thirty (something) year old but today is a very special day for me and my WWII friends. Yes, my dear friends who I interviewed in New Mexico when I worked for a newspaper. I had the honor of doing a feature story about World War II Veterans. I [...]
Wow, time has gone by so quickly….interesting story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/06/elian-gonzalez-2011_n_1132982.html “Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy who survived a perilous raft journey that killed his mother and became a symbol of troubled relations between the United States and Cuba, is now an adult.”
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]
It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]
What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]
Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]
President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]
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