“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” The proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution That’s it. That’s all of it. 24 words. It says nothing about having to endure dual-sex toilets or the draft. It pretty [ Read More ]
“The Heart of the Matter is Free Education.” Caroline Simonelli, Fashion Designer How many people do you know who delight in the idea of working or vacationing in Beirut? My [ Read More ]
Go n-éirí an bother leat. May the road rise with you. I couldn’t be more Irish if I tried… Irish on both sides of my family tree, back to the dawn of time… so Irish, in fact, that we even have a family Banshee. So how remiss of me it would be not [ Read More ]
The talk of possibilities for Paint the Wind to become a movie or miniseries has caused me to be reminded very hauntingly of my mother. I should tell you, I think, that although my mother’s name was Kate, the family called her Manu, because it meant Giver of the Law in Hindi – she was [ Read More ]
For me, Dr. John Upledger was the answer to prayer. Literally. My 13 year old Cee Cee was in a coma, close to dying, from an apparently undiagnosable malady no one could figure out or fix. I’d listened for days, as doctors tried to sound as if they knew what to do, knowing in my [ Read More ]