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I have been an editor and writer all my life-from elementary school and onward.

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Pregnancy Memorable mommy moments: My first pregnancy: 1 of 145
SECRETS I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT BEING PREGNANTThe "Over 30" timer was rapidly approaching and I still wasn't pregnant. Every month it was the same thing, the big let down. I had been married for almost three years now and it wasn't for lack of trying. We had been to the doctor and nothing was wrong so I took my temperature, in... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US News Latest campus shootings: Are violent TV, movies and video games to blame?: 5 of 27
Violence begats violence.No longer do the good guys always win.No longer does the blood and gore remain offscreen.Shooting imaginary villains on your X-box, or watching the villains die on your favorite TV channel lowers your sensitivity to pain and dying in general.I used to believe that all the hokum about TV violence was j... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms What it means to be a woman over 40 in the new millennium: 25 of 132
Sure I don't jump out of bed in the morning and the old styles are a bit too "young" for me. And I'm not going to pierce any part of my body or tattoo it either. But I don't feel old-until I look in the mirror. That's when I can see a difference.But inside I still want to dance and sing when the sun is shining. I want to jump... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Comparative Religion Is there one, true religion that is better than all the others?: 67 of 155
There is one true religion and that is Judaism. But that doesn't make it better than all the others.All the others are just derivatives of Judaism. Updates if we want to use modern terminology.First there was darkness and void. Then God created the heavens and earth and he filled it with the sun and the moon and the sky and t... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > After School Assisting your children with homework: 13 of 30
THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSISTING YOUR CHILD IN THEIR HOMEWORKSpending quality time with your child is very important and one of the best ways to do this is to sit down with your children when they do their homework.By sitting down with your child-just you and him-all your positive attention is focused on him. When you see the home... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should smoking be allowed in public places?: 172 of 363
If you want to smoke and kill yourself I can't do anything to stop you but please don't take me along with you. Smoking should not be allowed in public places. Those who smoke are not only endangering their lives but they are endangering mine too-with their second hand smoke.Maybe I have a super radar system but it has happen... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Should a woman have the right to choose abortion?: 211 of 428
A woman has the right to control her own body and thereby a right to have an abortion. But she shouldn't use it unless she really has to.Abortions are really genocide. When you have one you are killing not only that child, but the child's children and grandchildren and great grandchildren. You are killing a whole world. It is... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) What it takes to be a parent: 44 of 75
I have been a parent for 26 years now and a grandparent for four and I can tell you that it is never easy.The old saying "little children little problems, big children, big problems" definitely holds true.I used to think that when my children got older things would be better, the crying, fighting, nagging would stop, but of c... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Judaism Should we believe in Judaism just because it's very old and established: 4 of 6
When I was in high school I had a math teacher who was Jewish who told our class that he had decided to send his daughter to a Jewish Day School."Why?" we asked the teacher. "So she can choose," he explained to us.It made senseto me-even then. So many of us are born "Jewish" or think we have Jewish roots but we have no idea o... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Undocumented and illegal immigrants should have a roadmap to US citizenship: 86 of 124
Put me in the opposed column for all those illegal immigrants who want a roadmap to U.S. citizenship.It reminds me of the story of the man who cried that he needed to be pitied as he was an orpahn-after he had killed his parents.Illegal immigrants are just that. Illegal. They do not belong in the U.S. They should never have b... More..