After having surgery, I found that all of my regular bodily functions were not working as they should. After 4 days of waiting for things to normalize, I finally took a laxative. Stephen used one t
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China and Hong Kong
Hong Kong Brain Drain? HONG KONG — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Wednesday to overhaul immigration rules to grant almost 3 million Hong Kong residents a pathway to British citizens
Nancy Wyman
Nancy Wyman is stepping down as state Democratic chair Former Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman announced Friday she is stepping down on June 10 as the Democratic state chair, a position she took at the request
Free Education
Bored? Take a Free Class… I was looking at my email this afternoon and noticed an email from The Great Courses (special offer). Let me start by saying that this costs money. Of course, I began lo
Zillionaire Giveaway
That’s my name for a provision that was sneaked into the 880-page bill in March that was meant to bail out America’s economy. This giveaway provides $135 billion to very wealthy Americans such
State college and university campuses to reopen for start of fall semester
Connecticut community colleges can start offering certain types of classes Monday for spring semester students who need to complete programs, and state universities can start reopening campuses Aug
Episcopal bishop on Trump
Episcopal bishop on President Trump: ‘Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence’ By Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey June 1, 2020 at 11:08 p.m. EDT
The ‘Rage Baking’ Controversy, Explained
On February 4, Simon & Schuster published Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women’s Voices. Edited by Katherine Alford, a former vice president at Food Netwo
Interracial Romance, With Black Women as the Stars
In “Insecure,” “Love Is Blind” and “The Lovebirds,” these leading ladies are pushing back against dating bias in the real world. In many ways, these romances push back against racial bi
For the Kids…
Stay outside the lines with…Logan B (NC). She and her friend, Emily K, helped create Coloring for COVID-19. A website that has coloring books for children ages five to 10 as a
The Lost History of an American Coup D’État
The situation in Michigan reminds me of an oft-forgotten part of our history that occurred in 1898 North Carolina. There, armed men took over Wilmington, North Carolina, killed or ran out of town A
The Ickabog
JK Rowling unveils The Ickabog, her first non-Harry Potter children’s book The Ickabog is her first children’s story not to be linked to Harry Potter. She wrote it over a decade ago for her own
Autism Helps
Autism Spectrum Diagnosis Helped Comic Hannah Gadsby ‘Be Kinder’ To Herself May 26, 20201:44 PM ET Heard on Fresh Air Gadsby embarked on a comedy career in Australia, but she still felt ou
Hair in the Coronavirus Era
Do you trust your partner to cut your hair? It’s the ultimate relationship test. My husband’s hair was getting a bit long and unruly so he asked me to cut it. For those of you who know me well,
A Pantry Meal
Shrimp Tacos, Refried Beans and Rice: A Pantry Meal Today is Memorial Day, a day when we honor our veterans and those who lost their lives while in the service of our country. I think about my olde