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Going to the dogs

Sometimes the right thing happens at the right time. A scenario so perfect that one knows the only orchestration could have come from above. It’s a situation that has completely changed my view on something I dug my heels in on. We now have a dog. This busy dad thought that a dog ...

Why little girls should dance

The lights turn on, the sequin dresses are in place, the tap shoes are tied tight with little bows. Hair spray hangs heavy in the air, mothers are running down the halls with tulle and ribbons billowing behind them — fathers are sitting in the audience with a bouquet of flowers. Cameras are ...

It’s about more than what’s in your cart

I love to shop for food. Clothes shopping? Yuck. But food! I can spend hours looking at merchandise. Walking through the aisles can be stress-relieving for me. Just seeing the products, demystifying the marketing strategies of product placement and packaging design, or coaxing out the most ...

Wasserman Schultz spotlights a new Democratic Party dilemma

A contentious primary in Florida's 20th congressional district has shined a spotlight on the massive split in today's Democratic Party and has put Black voters there in a dilemma. After Florida recently changed its congressional maps, long-time Democratic operative Rep. Debbie Wasserman ...

American voices

PARIS -- NATO or Cosa Nostra? The U.S., under President Donald Trump, has just asked its transatlantic defense allies to swear allegiance to the U.S. Or,more specifically, to the way that Trump is running the U.S. So Team Trump sent out a questionnaire to its Western defense allies, ...

Trial time for Trump: The Democrats’ impeachment imperative

Except for those in districts that are deeply, deeply blue, Democratic Congressional nominees won't be making the impeachment of President Donald Trump a campaign issue this fall. There's no percentage for them in doing so. For Democrats in contested districts, the "I-word", like Voldemort, is ...