(Photo from the Boston Globe. It looks like a tile mosaic. Click on it. See it bigger. It’s all but 92 of the people who died on 9-11. It floored me, seeing it like this. The column below was published in the Covington News last Wednesday.) I’m sure that every American is aware that this [...]

They say that every family tree has a few nuts on it. Well, you wouldn’t have to look hard to see that the branches on my tree have just about as many nuts as leaves. As someone who appreciates her daily dose of Zoloft, I really shouldn’t joke about people’s struggles with various mental illnesses. [...]

Psychiatrist Karl Menninger said, “What’s done to children, they will do to society.” I think that adequately sums up this last installment in what I’ve now dubbed my “Stupid Parent Tricks” series of columns. Two weeks ago, I wrote a multi-layered vent about parents letting their kids run wild and get away with all sorts [...]

When I wrote last week’s column venting about the fruits of irresponsible parenting, I didn’t plan to write a second installment. Even after getting more emails and feedback than any other column I’ve written — all in agreement with what I said — I didn’t think of adding to my tirade. But then little “Bart” [...]

Will you forgive me if I vent a little this week? Be forewarned — I sound fed-up because I am. Sometimes, somebody’s just got to say it — and I, for one, am feeling weary of dealing with the effects of other people’s poor parenting. I shouldn’t even have to say this, but for starters [...]