Life is full of milestones. They are the opportunities to push pause on the daily grind, and to reflect on the journey. Last weekend, our oldest daughter turned 16 (on Mother’s Day at that!). It’s an important checkpoint in the parenting stage. Our child is quickly becoming an adult, and ...
One of the dangers of war is that political rhetoric often collides with strategic reality. President Donald Trump spent years vehemently criticizing former President Barack Obama's Iran nuclear deal, arguing that it failed to permanently halt Iran's nuclear ambitions while providing the ...
"Don't confuse me with the facts. My mind is made up." That poignant little phase has been part of our political fabric for years. You name the issue and it applies. Someone against something knows they are right and those in favor feel the same way. For example back when one of the growth ...
Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work. They include jobs like dog walking on Rover, Taskrabbit work, DoorDash food delivery, Uber and Lyft driving ... Lots of people like gig work. It's flexible. You work when you want to work. But "workers' rights" activists and ...
In the movie, Erin Brockovich, which is based on a true story, Erin was working as a legal clerk when she discovered that Pacific Gas & Electric had contaminated the community’s groundwater with a carcinogenic chemical they were using in their cooling towers. Initially it was difficult for ...
What a glorious day in June. The Barack Obama Presidential Center opening in Chicago gave us a complete contradiction of the times we've been living through. Community rather than chaos, lightness versus darkness, and hope instead of fear. I might add: beautiful music and language that ...
