By Wednesday Martin, Ph.D., Books for stepmothers tend to perpetuate certain myths. The myth of the blended family and the myth of the maternal stepmother are the most glaring examples. These books’ relentlessly upbeat tone can make stepmothers feel as though our own occasional negativity and impatience regarding his kids...
My mom forwarded some healthcare commercials that she received in her inbox and I thought a few of them were pretty good. Wanted to share 3 of them with the fam. How to Tell You need Healthcare Reform Choose the Public Option Spin
Crossposted from Dallas Nonprofit News site DallasSouthNews.org As the U.S. House of Representatives continues to push for healthcare reform, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson takes a moment to share her thoughts with Dallas South News. Here are the contents of an email interview that I conducted with the Congresswoman last week....
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a ceremony with Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., Christine King Ferris, sister to Martin Luther King Jr.; EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and members of the Black and Hispanic Caucuses, Secretary of...
Is Ludacris the leader we’ve been looking for? Chris Bridges a.k.a Ludacris is offering a refreshing image for an art form that has seemed to lose its way over the last decade. This past weekend he made the circuit, promoting his foundation and asking for a new look at philanthropic...
This is from a post by Lorrie Irby Jackson (who also writes for DallasSouthNews.org) that was posted at Chick Talk Dallas. Visit ChickTalkDallas.com to read this entire post. It was 1999. I was only 27 years old, but I was worn-down, weary and depressed. I was working full-time at a...
Thought I’d share a few excerpts from a post on the Top 10 most stolen cars: 1. Cadillac Escalade ESV: Twenty inches longer than the base model Escalade, it makes an attractive target, not just for the visibility, but for the standard features. It comes with many high-ticket items such...
All I can say is that as a high school senior and college freshman I rocked Sade all the time. I guess rocked is sort of a misnomer, b/c it often accompanied a melancholy mood. Sade gave way to Mary J. though (why did Sade quit making music?). Looks like...
Interesting 5 minute video from First Lady Michele Obama.
This is one of those stories that you’ve heard about before but not exactly sure what it is. Well it’s pretty self explanatory, but a little more Google research reveals a number of other interesting aspects to this sad story.
