Since January 2021, 42 states have introduced bills or taken other steps that would restrict teaching critical race theory or limit how teachers can discuss racism, gender and sexism, This, according to an Education Week analysis.
I have an idea: Instead of crowding legislative calendars and sabotaging school board meetings, why don't distressed parents simply snatch their children out of the public schools and tuck them safely in home schooling.
If parents were able to design their own curriculum for Dick and Jane, free of teachings they find abhorrent, Mom and Dad could find many benefits.
Read MoreThe Thesaurus has become my best friend.
Both of my children (offspring, progeny, issue, brood, descendants) are living their true adult selves as Trans-Nonbinary and Nonbinary individuals. Their birth certificates claim "female" but I am honoring their revealed identities.
Read MorePlease don't make me move to senior housing. I'm 83 and fit, but what if a day comes that I'm not. Will a walker or wheelchair force me out of my intergenerational highrise and into segregated senior care
I'm not criticizing senior housing that includes apartments for independent living, assisted living, dementia care, and other licensed services. For some older adults, these facilities are the best option. And with winter weather or Covid restrictions, having all needs met indoors is obviously beneficial.
Read MoreCarl, Nate, Paul, and Hyman, the young, funny, handsome brothers of my mother and her three sisters were stationed overseas during World War II.
I remember my Bubbie and Zadie's joy and relief as their naturalized daughters read to them the crisp blue folded sheer letters. The boys were still alive.
I remember air raid drills in grammar school. The sirens interrupted our classes and sent us hiding. I can see the wooden desks where we cowered, and feel the black curlicue parts that we grasped. I spot us, children, rickety, as we climbed the fire escape stairs that hung outside our building.
Read MoreYou’ll love it, my two friends avered. They weren't swooning over a pricey handbag, or shoes both comfy and stylish. The object of their affection was the air fryer both had purchased and use almost daily.
I was intrigued. One of the benefits of this newest kitchen gadget was its ability to create a crisp skin on my regularly purchased chicken thighs. And wait there's more: without the added calories of deep-fried!
Of course I salivated. I'm obsessed with my weight. But I love fried chicken.
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