by Elisabeth Parker | Nov 10, 2014 | News & Politics
What would you buy with $4 billion? USA Today reports this year’s election was on track to cost nearly $4 billion. That’s right. The corporate plutocrats, the NRA, and other special interests — plus those of us desperately pitching in small contributions to give our...
by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 25, 2014 | Random brain droppings
Still think voter ID laws won’t keep people from voting? Over 600,000 people in Texas may find themselves unable to cast ballots, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s shamefully unjust decision to allow Texas to enact SB-15, the strictest voter ID law in the nation. In...
by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 15, 2014 | News & Politics
Young black men shot by police 21 times more often than young white men: If you were their mothers, would you find this acceptable? If you still harbor any of those sparkly, rainbow, magic unicorn poop delusions of racism being a thing of the past, this grim new...
by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 15, 2014 | News & Politics
Is publicly shaming a child ever acceptable? When Kevin Jones found out that his beautiful, 5’9″ daughter with the cute figure had social media accounts and was dating— both of which are against his rules — he took swift and decisive action by shaming her on Facebook....
by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 10, 2014 | News & Politics
If you’ve got children with special needs — or know people who do — then you know how stressful dining out can be. Dreading your child’s next meltdown while trying to avoid the stares, the rude comments, and nasty looks from servers and other customers is enough...
