A little diversionary celebrity news today to help take my mind off my own troubles; Paris Hilton has been released from jail! But what’s so surprising, to me anyway, is the seemingly false indignation on the part of all the talking heads on 24 hour cable news about this with all of their “Why oh [...]

My mother was a simple humble woman. Her wisdom came from the sort of experiences most of us will never know or could even begin to understand. She grew up poor, in a country rebuilding after being ravaged by war and occupied by a foreign army, and with a culture that is still difficult for [...]