In October, I had a chance to visit Boston, Massachusetts, for a work conference. Hubby and I had never been to Boston, so he tagged along and we took a couple extra days to see the city. What a marvelous place! It was fairly easy for us to catch a bus from the airport to get to our hotel in the Back Bay area, not too far from Boston Common and the Charles River. In…
With Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control, this vociferous anti-vaxxer wants to eliminate all vaccines. Based on my family’s experience, let me tell you why this is a very, very bad idea. Both of my parents had paralytic polio as children and it affected them their entire lives. My mom was struck by it on her first day of kindergarten.…
The rule of law is undergoing serious strain in the United States for [waves hands all around] … reasons. In a democracy, laws are complex because we’re trying to fairly balance the rights and freedoms of all citizens in their wonderful diversity, along with those of businesses and nonprofit organizations. The government (federal, state, local), through its structures and laws, is meant to uphold the rights and freedoms of all, not tilt the scales of…