Of all the physical damage that has been done to Iraq, the greatest damage has been done to the culture itself. Iraq has lost much of her cultural capital.
Cultural capital as evidenced in the arts, education, healthcare, science, social justice, education, and law enforcement are the many artifacts of any civil society. Iraq began to lose many objects of value earlier; during the U.S....
In three weeks I will officially turn fifty.
Hard to believe, because I've always been the 'baby' of the family but as they say, 'it is what it is'.
A mother of a seven-year-old, I truly enjoy G-rated movies, roller-skating and am just as excited as my daughter for the latest Hard-Rock Theme Park's inception due in our area next April. In fact I can hardly wait.
I still love 70s rock,...
I just dropped off the last of my daughter's girlfriends from a very busy play-date. Knowing the typical 'attitude' of a 7-year-old girl, I should have limited the amount of children for the day, but I didn't and, therefore, had a very challenging, exhausting day.
Lauren was jealous of Meagan and 'pouted' most of the time. Kayla wanted to play one thing, Laura another and Shelley just sat...
I have lived on Long-guy-land all of my life (yes, 'on' -- a Long-guy-lander does not live 'in' the Island) and moved to South Carolina five years ago. For those unfamiliar with tha Island, LI is NOT Noo Yawk City and has a culture of its own. Long-guy-land, in fact, as I have learned since living in the south, has a language of it's own which I am told is highly abrasive to the eahs.
Let...
In order to see things from different perspectives, I have been known to 'experiment' at times.
When I was 19, I wanted to see how handicapped people were really treated. I went to Manhattan with a girlfriend and 'posed' as a blind person for a day. It was an extremely enlightening experience. Only a 'non-New Yorker' will stereotype a typical New Yorker as being heartless for that day proved...
What can you say when you loose your best friend? One day you are making plans to travel the world and the next given the news that your mother will not make it through the night.
March 6, 1998 was the most surreal evening I had ever experienced in my life. My beloved mother was taken into surgery at 10 pm and I, forever hopeful, did not realize the seriousness of her illness. My husband,...
On Cultural Incompetence, Dr. Amaal V.E. Tokars states: "When you look around your place of employment, would you be surprised to see a wide variety of nationalities represented? Many would not. Today, most companies try to preserve some degree of cultural competence, accepting and understanding the value of cultural diversity in the work environment. Employers boasting policies of "equal...
Recently, a colleague of mine whom I have known for quite some time, had called me to ask 'what was my trick for success?' Although I was initially flattered to be viewed upon as 'successful', there has never been any 'tricks' used in my career and I never had thought in those terms. The only response I could give her at the time was that I have always been passionate about what I do, never...
My business has no boundaries creatively or demographically. Thanks to 21st century technology, my virtual team is scattered throughout the United States: I have proofreaders and editors in New York and Texas, IT personnel in California, Philadelphia and South Carolina, camera crews on the west and east coast, public relations associates throughout the country and the list goes on. The irony of...
For those old enough to recall America when it upheld a certain degree of 'moral standards' there were things that, even in Hollywood, were best kept in the 'closet'. There were always scandals, rumors and gossip but no one outwardly discussed their 'sexual preference' and going to prison was, well, just not a good thing.
Did anyone need to know that Tyrone Power was bisexual? Who's...
