Collecting My Thoughts

                                    Teens in Borodianka Ukraine, May 13, 2022.  Washington Post

I just watched a Fox News story on the damage social media is doing to young teen girls and their body images. I used to be a young teen gi...

The minimum wage is showtime for Democrats. FDR used it in the 1930s to destroy the economy for black communities so they couldn't compe...

Should the entertainment industry be held accountable? The Netflix series examines the suicide of 17 year-old Hannah Baker, who made 13 cass...

"Sen. Cory Booker (D.-N.J.) is proposing a plan—the American Opportunity Accounts Act—that he calculates will provide $46,215 to every ...

  We just had prettier clothes in those days. 

Middle and high school students can’t get a Coca-Cola or a candy bar at 13 Seattle public schools, but they can get a taxpayer-funded intrau...

I wonder how many of the fast food marchers yesterday were actually working for minimum wage or if they are hired by the unions. $15/hour fo...

                         Recently I received a copy of Zonderkidz’ Bible, “Young Women of Faith Bible” to review (c 2001, 2013 www.zonderk...

The teen unemployment rate in the U.S. is 21.4%. In 2006 it was 14%. But I saw a man on Dana Loesch show today who said it was 92% for blac...

I don’t buy this.  The whole purpose of high school clubs is to learn leadership skills and develop friendships.  There are plenty of clubs ...

The illegitimacy rate for births among teenage girls hovered around five to seven percent for decades, until about 1960. Between 1960 and 19...

Healthy People 2020 recommends 60 min. a day 7 days a week of aerobic exercise for teens. What is it now (self reported)? Nationwide, 15....

"Researchers [at Ohio State University] found that the more credit card and college loan debt held by young adults aged 18 to 27, the h...

A CDC report released today and carried through AP to many major newspapers is sure to create a flurry of new grant money and programs to 1)...

It's OK in a movie to take the Lord's name in vain, which is offensive to probably over half of all movie goers, but a fake, made up...

I've been known to over react where the health and safety of minor children are concerned, but I believe Abby Sunderland's parents/g...

Since October 1, 2001. Think about that. That's less than the murder rate in most major American cities (see Forbes , "America'...

Abstinence never fails; condoms do If it weren't so tragic, it would be funny. President Bush is being blamed for a rise in teen-age pr...

Air travel has never been safer, but . . . We can count on more regulations. It is a tragedy that 50 people died in last week's crash ne...