by Elisabeth Parker | Dec 11, 2014 | Thoughts
Richard Scarry’s “Busytown” children’s series got kids excited about their future careers. Remember Richard Scarry’s “Busytown” children’s books, games, and TV series with the winsomely-drawn cartoon farm animals doing all kinds of cool, fun,...
by Elisabeth Parker | Nov 22, 2014 | News & Politics
Welcome to the new class divide: good dental care, or the lack thereof. Any parent who has taken their son or daughter to their six-month checkup (while desperately praying their child won’t need braces or other expensive procedures) knows the bitter truth. Here...
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 | Thoughts
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...
