It should come as no surprise that the perennial sweetheart of the Republican Party, Newt Gingrich, has decided to once again “throw his hat in the ring” for his party’s presidential nomination.  According to Gingrich spokesman, Rick Tyler, the former Georgia Congressman will announce his candidacy on Facebook and Twitter at around 5:00 PM today.   Ironically,  this would make Gingrich among the first of the presumptive , Republican presidential hopefuls to publicly announce his/her  candidacy.   The remaining eight or nine other Republicans  who have expressed some interest in pursuing the …

Today, Shelly is an activist but in a solemn and spiritual way. Bitterness has no room to reside in her heart. She is quietly formidable as an attorney and also does pro-bono work for the poor and for causes in which she believes. She has also discovered that she is quite an artist, yet another talent unearthed in this lovely woman. Through her many contacts, Shelly had been asked to make a “healing sack”, odd bits of her past that had significance to her and have a sort of healing power of the soul when needed.

For this situation to end in the desperate act of suicide is achingly painful to think about. Children driving other children to end their lives so the taunting will stop is unacceptable.