In light of recent revelations about various public figures regarding their personal shortcomings, how do we handle those shortcomings when balanced against whatever good they contributed to society? I’m looking at what we say about Thomas Jefferson and other possible sexual predators (slaveholders) who served in the upper levels of government when compared with unelected,…
Read More How Do We Handle Sexual Acting Out by Public Figures?Ingredients 1/4 cup butter, cubed 1/2 cup chopped onion 2 garlic cloves, minced 4 cups fresh broccoli florets (about 8 ounces) 1 large carrot, finely chopped 3 cups chicken stock 2 cups half-and-half cream 2 bay leaves 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/4 cup water or additional…
Read More Cheesy Broccoli Soup in a Bread BowlShelly Lott September 29th, 2021 Let’s talk about some “symptoms” you may notice if you are a victim of hacking. #1 – Running Slowly There are many reasons why your computer, tablet, or smartphone may run slowly, but one reason can be a malware infection. If a hacker installs malware or a keylogger on your computer, tablet,…
Read More 9 Ways To Know if You Have Been HackedFire Shut Up in My Bones is in the running for best American opera of the 21st century. By James Jorden • 09/28/21 12:13pm After over a year and a half of silence, the Metropolitan Opera came roaring back last night with a captivating new opera to open its 2021-2022 season. Terence Blanchard’s tuneful Fire Shut Up in My…
Read More Premiere of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Sets the Reopened Met AblazeIs having an accurate estimate of your lifespan helpful to you? Do you want to plan for your retirement? What about ways to live longer? After all, it isn’t the years in your life, but the life in your years! If you live in the USA, go HERE or HERE or HERE (not a favorite) or HERE. (I got different results from…
Read More How Much Time Do You Have Left?Yara Shahidi Jessica Szohr Mariah Carey Dwayne Johnson Keegan-Michael Key Tracee Ellis Ross Gabrielle Reece Val Kilmer Jason Momoa Naomi Campbell Christina Aguilera Norah Jones Wentworth MIller Derek Jeter Shay Miller Keanu Reeves Olivia Munn Vanessa Hudgens Halsey Adriana Lima How many of these celebrities could “pass?” Is “passing” even a thing these days? How…
Read More Mixed-Race Celebrities – Did You Know?“In 2004, at the Unity journalists of color convention in Washington, Gwen Ifill coined the phrase “missing white woman syndrome,” joking that “if there is a missing white woman you’re going to cover that every day.” It is not that these white women should matter less, but rather that all missing people should matter equally. Race should…
Read More Missing White Woman SyndromeCutting-edge biomedical research brought the world a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine in record time. But as any public health official will remind you, it’s not vaccines that work, but vaccinations—meaning that the scientific achievement of the vaccine is only the first step in slowing the spread of disease. Vaccinations, by contrast, involve appreciating and…
Read More Bringing Social Science to Bear on the Pandemic (Issues in Science and Technology)Here’s how to make downsizing actually work. By Linda Yellin Our kids don’t want keepsakes; they want experiences. But not the experience of hand-washing some dead relative’s crystal. TELL A STORY CREATIVELY PASS IT ON DIE FIRST AND LET YOUR SPOUSE HANDLE IT TRICK YOUR KIDS Read the article HERE.
Read More My Kids Don’t Want My China. Who’s Going to Take My Stuff?LCM September/October: A Portrait of Chinese American Life Looking for a new book to add to your reading list? The Library of Magazine has you covered. Read about the Jade Snow Wong memoir and collection in the latest issue.
Read More Check out the latest edition of the Library of Congress MagazineEbony magazine rolled out a quiz in April 1952 that asked, “WHICH ONE IS NEGRO? WHICH IS WHITE?” How many can you guess correctly? (Answers at the end of the blog.) From Essence.com: Passing follows the story of two Black women, former childhood friends Irene Redfield (Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Negga), both of whom are able to convincingly…
Read More Passingby MEGHAN SPLAWN published SEP 9, 2021 But is there a better way to brown ground beef than just dumping it into a hot skillet? We suspected so, which is why we put five popular methods to the test. The methods are: Heavy cream Dry non-stick skillet Baking soda Patted dry Cast iron skillet with oil Read HERE to see…
Read More We Tried 5 Methods for Browning Ground Beef and the Winner Is a Game-ChangerSen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia in 2017, Wikimedia Commons Alex Henderson September 22, 2021 During the Biden era, centrist Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has been a frequent source of frustration to the progressive wing of his party. The Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate is razor-thin, and the West Virginia senator can easily derail President…
Read More Journalists break down Manchin’s ‘considerable financial interests’ in fossil fuelsThousands of desperate migrants are now fleeing back across the frontier of their own volition Comes after Biden administration announced it would ramp up flights to take them back to Haiti But Republicans say that the chaos at the border is because migrants believe Joe Biden won’t deport them Last week, up to 12,000 Haitians…
Read More ‘Grotesquely inhumane’: Border Patrol comes under fire for appearing to use reins as whips to hold back Haitian migrants crossing into Texas by wading through the Rio Grande: Thousands are now fleeing back to Mexico to avoid US deportation flights to Haiti