sexual abuse melvin just
I actually started writing about the documentary Just Melvin, Just Evil?-- a story about generational sexual abuse -- about eight months ago. It's an important piece, but I had to put it down. I just...
My granddaughter will be five years old in December. Then in February, my niece will turn five as well. My family had nothing but boys for 15 years, and so the arrival of these two precious...
Nelson Mandela said: "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." If that is true, our society has a very dark soul. Portland, Oregon, like so many American...
To date, more than 390,000 Americans have succumbed to COVID-19. As of Saturday, there are 23,644,885 confirmed cases in the United States. By the time you read this, it will be much higher, as officials warn we could...
We see the headlines every year, particularly now, around the holidays. Hunger. In the richest country in world history--where Congress pays corporations to keep their workforces poor, where wealthy tax cheats benefit more from coronavirus pandemic relief...
There are a number of things I wish to address about the current "bathroom controversy." 1. The President did not issue an Executive Order. That's what I keep seeing everyone post about. The U.S. Department of Justice...
What would those closest to you say was the purpose of your life?
Hebrews 2:9-11 but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he...
letter to boyfriend family
Congratulations. You've won. You've earned your ticket into Heaven by showing your son God's love. You've shown your son God's love by not allowing him to bring me to your home for Christmas. You've done exactly...
Uh oh. When pregnant Shanee Hart told her son, Tre', she was expecting another baby, the young man was not happy. Not at all. Tre? lives with his family in Ft. Lewis, Washington. And he...
I read an infuriating?anti-feminist article today after a friend sent me a link. Being?a devout feminist, my friend wanted to know my?thoughts on?the piece. You can read the original article, "I Am A Mother Of Two...
When you live in a stronghold of religion surrounded by faithful churchgoers, faith healers or loyal Bar mitzvah party throwers, it may be difficult?to come up with effective ways to let people know you side...
poverty
When you think of someone living in poverty what comes to mind? The word "lazy" maybe? Perhaps "lack of morals" is a phrase you think of? Even the term "irresponsible" may come into play? This is the...
On April 12, 2016, then-presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a campaign rally at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York in which he talked about the "physiology of poverty." In other words, concern over where...
Because each of the states in the U.S. is a separate and sovereign part of the whole, and free to implement laws under the Tenth Amendment, each state has its own legal view on the...
In the wake of the tax bill, President Donald Trump shifted his confrontational tactics. After the president signed the partisan legislation, the White House changed its tone. To that end, the administration announced it will...
With Robert Mueller's investigation gaining increased steam and expanding to include members of President Trump's immediate family, it appears more likely with each passing day that the entire Trump clan could wind up being charged...
In North Carolina this week, Officer Tim Purdy was dispatched to a high school. He was trying to find an autistic, possibly suicidal boy that had wandered away from his school. The boy also had...
An 11-year-old boy in Lyman, South Carolina lost his life due to a very bad online "game." Da'Vorious (Chi Chi) Gray, was found passed out in a closet at home. He learned about it from...
In January the Obama family will be moving into a new Washington DC home. The leased home they have selected is incredibly impressive and the perfect place to end his amazing run as President. The President and his wife insisted...