William Saletan of Slate compares stem-cell research to torture: On Monday, President Obama lifted the ban on federal funding of stem-cell research using destroyed human embryos. If you support this research, congratulations: You won. Now for your next challenge: Don’t lose your soul. The best...

Along with “follow the money,” it’s the surest guide to predicting anyone’s position on anything — gay marriage, more funding for social services, gun control laws, public transportation, the mortgage crisis….. and stem-cell research: Under fire from congressional...

I never dreamed when Kyle put up his fundraising appeal for me that I would get even one-tenth of the response that I actually did get. I could not have imagined that in these horrendously hard economic times, so many people appreciate my writing enough to give me, in fives and tens and twenties and...

When I was at CHA in January, I stopped by to say ho-lahh to Leah Kramer (Craftser.org) during her demo in the indie craft area. As expected, she offered an adorable idea: Customized floral hair clips! Before her say a buffet of bins filled with silk flowers, accompanied by a tray of hair clips. We ...

In the past couple weeks, I've been directly insulted by a couple people with strong opinions. I don't doubt they know the power of their words, but with the displayed "I'm right - You're wrong" mentality, I'm not sure they even noticed wha...

Say hello to my new little friends! The kids are with Patrick's family up north this weekend, so Patrick and I thought we'd have some quality time. We went for a nice breakfast this morning and on the way home decided to stop at the Ranch Market. I lovvve, lovvve, lovvve Ranch Market. I lose myself ...

T-Steel has an absolute must-read response to Malcolm and the rest of the stone-throwers (emphasis is T-Steel’s): For all you “American poor people aren’t really poor look at those people they don’t look poor and they should get a job and if they can afford a cell phone they can buy food...

Andrew Malcolm has a particularly nasty piece in the Los Angeles Times about a visit Michelle Obama made to Miriam’s Kitchen, a food pantry and soup kitchen near the White House. When I first saw the headline, “Michelle Obama Serves Food to D.C. Poor and Homeless, But…” I ass...

Reading-area chef Andrea Heinly was on the chopping block for her first time on Day Five of the fifth season of Hell's Kitchen. But the fesity chef survived to cook another day on Fox's culinary reality show. Heinly tried to......

My father, who strongly opposed the Vietnam War from the start, used to say that Lyndon Baines Johnson was destroyed by that war. The war ended Johnson’s presidency, and it ended his dream for what he called the Great Society. He (my father) saw the Johnson story line as having all the element...