Collecting My Thoughts

Forget that you didn't like the Bush administration, and blamed him for the War in Iraq (that essentially ended before he left office)--...

It's going to be tricky counting married same sex couples; just because they live together, they might not consider themselves "par...

“In 2014, Cost of Government Day falls on July 6.This day marks the point during the year when the average American has earned enough income...

I was listening to an advice program on the radio today—a mom called about her addicted, bi-polar son who wanted to move out of the group ho...

“In the fiscal year before Obama unilaterally enacted the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2012, there were 6,500 il...

My husband has finished reading Ben Carson's "One Nation" (Sentinel, 2014), so I asked him to write a book review for my blog,...

Why do people bring dogs to parades and art shows? They bark at each other, and really don't listen when their owners yell at them. Smal...

Comparatively speaking, food was more expensive in 1962 than today, according to this chart. In 1962 we bought our first home, $14,000, but ...

I'm glad we have TV warnings and coverage of bad weather, I really am, but the breathlessness and excitement, the stirring of fear. Do I...

Really. I can't believe the hysteria on the left about the Hobby Lobby decision. You would think women have been condemned to the burka ...

Here's a cheat sheet on the players of ISIL, aka ISIS, aka IS, 2004-2014. Although they've only popped into the headlines lately, yo...

Someone is always offended, but it's always open season on 50% of the population in popular culture like hip-hop, videos, cartoons, movi...

A very interesting story about the genetic diversity among Mexico's indigenous and mestizo populations, especially for medical importanc...

Even more money for Ohio State was announced by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. "Today, the U.S. Department of Housing...

Our speakers today at Lakeside were Howard and Judith Sacks of the American Folklore Society (Columbus) who told us the real story about the...