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I am an Opinionated Older Lady Who Speaks Out. You may not always agree with or like my messages, but they are sincerely given. Coming from looking back over a lifetime of social activism, being a wife, mother and grandmother and being an observer as well

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Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Should a woman have the right to choose abortion?: 1 of 428
I believe a woman should have the right to choose abortion rather than give birth to her child. I am one of the early members of NOW (National Organization for Women) so you understand my concern for women's rights. I do not however necessarily believe nor defend the usual reason for a woman's right to an abortion, i.e. it is... More..
Society & Lifestyle > North American Culture Consumption culture in today's America: 1 of 13
Our English speaking world, and especially we in the United States are suffering from a killer disease. A killer disease that I will call Affluenza because it came about when the general population became affluent and increases as affluence increases. ( I did not coin this term but adopted it from another blogger * Oliver Jam... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Views on abortion: 18 of 223
I spent several years as a volunteer councilor with Planned Parenthood advising women on their alternative choices instead of abortion. That is why in this essay instead of my personal view of abortion I have decided to pass on what I had concluded society's view on abortion might be and how these views were formed based on m... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Is Iran's nuclear threat of any concern to us?: 2 of 23
"The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world." These are the words of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadineja made at the end of his speech to the United Nations in the fall of 2005. Ahmadinejad then made an invocation to Allah to bring about the speedy reappearance of the Hidden Imam.This was Iranian... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues African-Americans are really free: 3 of 31
Are African Americans really free? The answer depends on who you ask. Most Blacks believe the civil rights struggle is not over and there is far to go in race relations. The majority of Whites on the other hand feel all has been done that can be done legally to insure equal opportunities and Blacks are being too sensitive an... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms How to respond to beggars in a climate of mistrust: 1 of 8
When you see a someone who looks down trodden or homeless and those holding begging signs respond with caution as you would any stranger on the street, but with an open heart. Remembering always that there but for the Grace of God go I. There are few of us who are so secure that we can not possibly become homeless. Think abou... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: What the women's rights movement means to me: 1 of 6
To explain what the women's movement means to me today I must take you back to how it was for me before and in the early days of the movement. The few times I have told younger women about my experiences at their age the response has usually been, "Are you kidding me?" And no, I am not kidding at all. I lived the early half o... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Mourning the death of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'dream': 1 of 6
America Define By Only One Ideal: FreedomA Message to a Friend About AmericaMy Friend, you say you are depressed with what America stands for, and that it is not what your parents came here for. I believe that they would disagree with you, because they, like my grandparents, know too well what they fled from, and what they ha... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Assessing the future of abortion rights in the US: 4 of 21
The law giving women the right to abort their unborn children (Roe vs Wade) has been the one most controversial Supreme Court judgments ever made. It is an issue on which opponents can find no middle point on which they can compromise. The fetus is dead or it is left to live; there is no in between! I have often considered wh... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Understanding democracy: 14 of 73
America is Define By Only One Ideal: Freedom. The freedomgranted individuals only in a Democracy, i.e. a country where every citizen has a voice in how he is governed. He chooses by his vote the people he wants to conduct the affairs of government on his behalf. We elect all members of the House of Representatives and all mem... More..