February 2012
February 17th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 1 Comment
Drugs. The lure of drugs comes as a thief in the night, robbing us of our best and often our most promising. We are reminded as we mourn the death of Whitney Houston.While the toxicology report is yet to be finalized, from the accounts of what transpired during the days prior to her death, and her long-term battle with substance abuse, it appears that alcohol and drugs had something to do with...
February 16th, 2012
Written by Francesca Biller in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 1 Comment
With more than one in five children in the United States now living below the poverty line, the answer for Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is for them to "learn the value of work" by becoming school janitors.Seriously, learning to scrub a toilet is Gingrich's answer to millions of poor children, as if they aren't already suffering enough with a lack of nutrition, poor education,...
February 15th, 2012
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Latest News, The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
Michel Goldstein is a one-man United Nations, at least as far as culinary indulgences are concerned. His paternal grandfather is from Rumania and his grandmother, from Mexico via Russia. On the maternal side, his grandfather is from France and his grandmother from Mexico via Bulgaria. Born in the USA, he practices his Jewish faith and enjoys the special cultural aspects associated with it.This...
February 14th, 2012
Written by Rita Rizzo in All About Family, Latest News with 0 Comments
“Does he look like Sidney Poitier?” my mother inquired cautiously. “Not really mom,” I replied. “Um, he doesn’t look really black, does he?” she asked hesitantly. “Well, sorta...” I replied. He describes himself as ‘paper sack brown and curly headed’ but she would not know what to say to that, so I don’t tell her. There is no good way to tell your white mother and your Sicilian father that you...
February 13th, 2012
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 19 Comments
When candidates for President of the United States choose to play to racial stereotypes, it does little to educate and improve race relations among a growing ethnically diverse electorate. The travesty and tragedy of resorting to using distorted, divisive and derogatory languages and images to describe a whole group of people have untold, and unfortunately, lasting consequences.Republican...