She, like most women, is imperfectly beautiful. She is strongest when she is nurturing those she loves. Her form just a small portion of her delicate allurement. It is her soul where her greatest beauty lies. While young, she is not unaccustomed to hardship. Yet she does not cower at her moments of … Continue reading America
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The Middle Class
Joe Biden began his bid for 2020 in a union hall in Pittsburgh, the location where he states to beat Trump, he must win a year November. “Middle Class Joe” he touts, wearing as a badge of honor a long forgotten average income, speaking of his working class parents who couldn’t afford to send him … Continue reading The Middle Class
Hamilton
Noah had been dropped off at Starbucks to use their WI-Fi to complete the final for his last class of high school, an online class. I picked him up after a meeting and we drove through a favorite Sushi place to grab a tuna roll to take home and celebrate. As we waited for the order to … Continue reading Hamilton
Nothing About Us Without Us
Diversity and Inclusion. Integration. Awareness vs. Acceptance. Tolerance. These buzz words often integrate into political conversation in all Civil Rights movements. They, indeed, pepper such a movement with in the Autism Community. Neurodiversity is a collective movement in which atypical neurological conditions are recognized and respected, not as a disease in need of a cure, … Continue reading Nothing About Us Without Us
Geopolitics and Adoption
It was only after soldiers and humanitarians returned home from war torn Europe and Asia, sharing stories of the war orphans overseas that Americans had any vested interest in international adoption. Post- World War II, as the American Government was implementing The Marshall Plan to provide aid in war destroyed countries in hopes of blocking … Continue reading Geopolitics and Adoption
Tyranny of the Majority
It is one of my favorite things in the world to travel to New York City. For a week to live in the hustle and bustle of the city reminds me of how very different the American experience is for my friends there than mine in Kentucky. It is what compels me to visit. It … Continue reading Tyranny of the Majority
My Daughters and Guns
In recent, separate conversations with my Gen Z daughters, I asked them this question: If you were to have but one political platform you feel very passionate about, what platform would you choose? Both answered: Gun Control. My children have been brought up in a world where school shootings have peppered the news. Added to … Continue reading My Daughters and Guns
Enforcing Title X
“The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) , in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, issues this final rule to revise the regulations that govern the Title X family planning program…to ensure compliance with, and enhance implementation of, the statutory requirement that none of the funds appropriated for Title X may be used in … Continue reading Enforcing Title X
The Power of a Hat
A Bowling Green man, shopping at Sam’s Club with his wife, engages in a verbal conflict with a fellow shopper who flips him off. The red Make America Great Again hat atop Terry Pierce’s head stirred James Phillips to such anger he had to express it. Pierce, angered by the hostile sign language, engaged Phillips … Continue reading The Power of a Hat
Stewards of Children–Pt 2
This past week, Pope Francis called a worldwide synod of Cardinals and Bishops to the Vatican to discuss in frank terms the abuses of children by the agents of the church. This meeting seemed to have the intent of establishing action in light of the almost forty- year scourge of abuse of children within the … Continue reading Stewards of Children–Pt 2