Bread and Roses

This piece from the New York Times "The New Old Age" blog caught my eye.  It describes the My Health Care Wishes app developed b...

Last week I read Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink.  Just reading this book was harrowing.  A...

We've got problems. This morning brings news that yet another friend (a parent and a teacher) is fleeing city schools, in this case th...

It's always hard to know what modifier to use for this motley crew.  Fundamentalism makes me think Biblical inerrancy, 20th century, and...

Thoughts: I'm not sure why B looks like a teen mom in that first pic (not that there's anything wrong with that. ...

This book is a most excellent one for your home library and mine.  Poet Gwendolyn Brooks published the book of children's poetr...

Grapefruit San Pellegrino, Costco bourbon, and a cherry.  I think I'm going to try this San Pellegrino with tequila next, sounds refr...