As we in America worry about the possible loss of homes, melting banks and disappearing jobs in the face of a global recession, there is a crisis of an even more dramatic proportion. World-wide, more than a billion people are starving. They have no food. They had no food yesterday and they will not have food tomorrow. With the richest nations now dealing with economic recession, donations to food banks for third world nations have diminished. And there is a holocaust of hunger.
In times of crisis we often cannot think …

These lyrics from the play GUYS AND DOLLS say so much, so concisely. As a woman and a Boomer, I guess I have been rockin’ the boat for many years. Somehow the activism from the sixties never left my soul. I don’t believe in labels, per se’. I would not call myself a feminist, for example. I am an individual with a propensity for raising awareness for myself and others. No, I didn’t burn my bra and I prefer being called Mrs. rather than Ms. I have strong political views, …

In my former career as a social worker I once interviewed a father who had come to my office for financial help. He was nicely dressed in a suit and his three children were polite, neatly attired and well-behaved. I remember commenting to him about how good it was to see a father as the primary caregiver for his children. The mother of his children had lost custody due to her cocaine addiction. About two years later, this man’s three year old daughter was found dead in a hotel room. Evidence …