When our cultural icons die

September 7, 2026
As I write this we’ve just lost both Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem, two women who helped shape our generation. Why do I feel such grief? It hits differently when a cultural icon dies. The grief can seem strangely disproportionate to the relationship we actually had with them. We had...

How do you see this generational difference?

May 5, 2015
Tom Brokaw's Greatest Generation is dying off, I'm sad to say. My parents were members and as I look at photographs of them pre- and post-World War II, I'm fascinated...

If the mountains should crumble to the sea

May 4, 2015
I'm not sure Ben E. King knew that he'd ignite a movement when he recorded Stand By Me in 1962. He didn't know it would be a hit by the Drifters and so many more or be...

Do you live inspired?

May 3, 2015
I'd like to be one of those people who carries a beautiful notebook like this one around and jots down inspirational things that they see and hear. (Don't tell me to use...

Just say “no” to video blogs

May 2, 2015
Admit it. You've clicked on cute dog videos. Or funny cat videos. I know you have.  Me, too. But what about the preponderance of video blogs?  I just encountered...

National Masturbation Month

May 1, 2015
Well, it WOULDN'T be. That is, if there were a  hell, which I don't believe there is. Or if touching yourself was a sin. Which I don't believe it is. Isn't it...

What is privilege, really?

April 30, 2015
The question of privilege. What is privilege and should we apologize for it? The concept of "privilege"--unearned advantage--has long been a staple of liberal...

Parents: would you let her teach YOUR kids?

April 29, 2015
Was there ever as crazy a "love affair" as that between teacher Mary Jo Letourneau and her now husband, Vili Fualaau?  She met him when he was a second grader and by...

The crazytown of prescription drugs

April 28, 2015
Let me say it outright: I do not believe prescription drugs should be marketed to the general public. I don't know what the government was thinking when they allowed...

A personal story about gender identity issues

April 27, 2015
It was the early 1990s and I was doing volunteer work for an organization that provided services to people with HIV and AIDs. What we did was something called "emotional...

Years are getting shorter

April 26, 2015
Don't they? I got a text the other day from a 40-something mom I know whose daughter was about to turn 17.  She said: "I always say about raising kids that days are...

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