Don’t Shoot the Sheepdogs
On a Monday morning in late August, 2010, Carolyn Gruder had no idea how her job would change her life. She put on her uniform and went to work like normal, in the early days of the new school year.… Continue reading
Legalizing Weed In Colorado is Reefer Madness
Recently 60 Minutes did a piece on Colorado’s gangbusters Colorado “medical marijuana” industry that’s on track to become a nine billion dollar drug boom by 2016. Although Coloradans are the healthiest, most athletic bipeds in the nation, so direly in… Continue reading
Women Know Mitt and Barack – We’ve Dated Them Both
Seeing Mitt Romney and Barack Obama side by side in the recent debates, it hit me who they are. They’re the two prototypical guys nearly every one of us women has encountered in our romantic lives: the Boy Scout… Continue reading
What Price Your Vote?
Not that some cigar-puffing, back-slapping politician will be slipping you a few greasy bills. Vote bribery has gotten way more sophisticated than that these days.
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, over 100 million Americans or about one in three… Continue reading
Food, Glorious Food!
Where in our lives is food not present? From our most important life events, to feeding our families and the kudos we get when they ooh and ahh at our creations. From Julie and Julia, the Food Channel and My Big Fat Greek… Continue reading
Want to know what women care about this election cycle? Ask one!
Lately, I’ve heard much talk from men about women. The sudden interest in women’s topics is refreshing, and women are pleased that our concerns are a topic of interest this year. Hearing a top policy maker from DC or a… Continue reading
Who Loves You Baby
by Joy Overbeck
Political gurus tell us the candidate the voters find the most ““empathetic, “likable” and “caring” nearly always wins. This explains why, with the Middle East in flames, the economy a disaster, and suffering Americans waiting to… Continue reading
Waste Not. Want Not. SNAP Benefits.
In November 2008, it was 30 million. Almost four years later in September 2012, it has increased to 46.6 million. Am I talking about the increase in foreclosures…. Am I talking about the number of customers cancelling their Netflix account… Continue reading
Moody’s To Downgrade US If No Deal To Cut Debt/GDP Ratio
I ask each of you, “what would happen if your debt was double the size of your household income? How does your credit quality affect the prices your family pays for much needed goods?” Our country faces the same challenges.… Continue reading
Is Romney Too Rich to be President?
If you’re wealthy because of your success in business you’re pretty much an untouchable these days, a member of a maligned social caste in Barack Obama’s America of “transformative change.” Mitt Romney is so rich many wonder if he’s as… Continue reading
