She needs new crafts. It seems like, after a while, they were doing the same types of things over and over again. Or maybe she needs a whole new angle. But why am I feeling sorry for millionaire (billionaire?) Martha Stewart? She could shut her company down and be rich for the rest of her life. Do something that…

I was a GS leader for both daughter's troops for a combined 13 years (some overlapping). And a single mother. I loved it and the girls enjoyed it during elementary school (lost interest in middle school). One of the main problems with getting leaders and parent volunteers is the ridiculous bureaucracy imposed by GS…

I had a radical hysterectomy with both ovaries out and went into instant menopause and I just wanted to say it wasn't what I would call "hellacious". It wasn't really that bad. I was 46 or 47, so maybe my hormones were starting to drop already (although I wasn't seeing signs of menopause). Just wanted to say that…

Very popular in Tennessee in the 80s and then again recently.

I think that's an optimistic scenario that is not backed up by facts. I have seen people put out of work by technology. It would be nice if other jobs always popped up to replace the ones that are taken away, but why would that be true? There's no hard evidence or logic to support that idea. It is a real concern,…

This is the pie-in-the-sky argument that is always used to quell serious discussion about what's going to happen when millions are out of work due to automation. Think about how this happened in the past. Imagine a large farm where 100 people work cotton fields. Then the cotton gin is invented. Are those 100…

Amen.

Here's a thought experiment. What if you wanted to hold a town hall-type meeting around the issue of gun control, because you would like more regulations, maybe better checks and a ban on assault weapons. Would you be afraid of people bringing guns to the meeting? Would you *need* to be afraid? If the answer is…