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I waited a long time to write this.  After 40 years of knowing someone, loving someone, defending someone, when they turn their wrath on you, you just have to know ...

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When I was a kid, I distinctly remember an incident where a boy in school made fun of me because I was poor.  Our teacher, upon overhearing this grabbed the ...

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This week has been a continuous struggle, trying to make sense of the world in which we live – the true mark of a Socialist and an Atheist.  Die-hard Conservatives ...

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It is doubtful American women could have predicted our country could be consumed with Vaginal Dysmorphic Disorder (VDD, for short) in the year 2012.  I’ve spent days scouring the University ...

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It’s springtime here in Hooterville.  The vegetation has regained its lushness, the trees have restored a good deal of privacy to my lakeside retreat and yesterday, the Canada Geese brought ...

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This has been yet another week of listening to the latest brouhaha from the polarized political factions on the value of a woman, specifically, stay-at-home moms.  The bomb went off ...

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As one of the millions who previously faced unemployment in the past few years, I remember what it was like having to demean myself for the privilege of begging for ...

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We’ve had an unseasonably warm Midwest winter, so it was no surprise the Punxsutawney rodent was wrong and spring came early.  Never trust a big rat.  The robins have been ...

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The news feed is flooded with stories on the shooting death of a teenaged black youth in Sanford, Florida named Trayvon Martin.  As with all issues in this country, there ...

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People tend to seek consistency in their beliefs and perceptions. So what happens when one of our beliefs conflicts with another previously held belief? The term cognitive dissonance is used ...