I have just heard yet another “horrible hospital” experience from my cousin Mary, which highlights how inconsistent and harmful hospital care can be. It is also a saga of doctoring and healing being dictated by insurance companies. Mary’s tale, and a few others I have recently witnessed, is just infuriating. It leaves me certain that…
While Memorial Day is a day to remember, our proximity to Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) and its gravesites offer regular reminders of sacrifice. The Kennedy gravesite and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are two of the most visited sites on this hallowed ground. Section 60, memorializing those whose sacrifices occurred in America’s most recent wars, is…
from the RUNNING IN HIGH HEELS™ series by Jane F. Collen It is very difficult to commute to midtown Manhattan pushing a stroller, wearing high heels. But for a few years I did it. I had unusual, complicated childcare arrangements– beginning with some time of the coverage for my first and second daughters revolving around…
Even if you don’t agree with her actions, motivation or beliefs, you have to admire Sister Megan Rice for walking her talk. Megan Rice, an 85-year-old Catholic nun, was released after serving two years in prison. Her crime — evading security and throwing human blood and painting peace slogans on the walls of a nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, TN.…
In my town we have a team of highly trained professionals who every year round up and evaluate, for a period of a few months, all of the prospective kindergarteners. The kindergarten evaluation machine is gearing up now, gathering information, and starting next January, it will be in high gear. First the town identifies all…
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