Express Yourself

My father once told me, “If being stupid was against the law, the prisons would burst at the seams.” I was young, but I remember that; I have thought about it since, whenever confront by the blatant stupidity of other people. Let’s face it: we’re confronted with other people’s idiocy every day; sometimes it’s scary, [...]

The recent coverage of Josef Fritzl and, unrelated, Nadya Suleman, has got me thinking lately about rights (?) and privileges (?) that go along with parenthood. Before I jump in though, I want to preface this article by clearly acknowledging that NO, I am not a parent! I do not have any children, and I [...]

On Grammy night, the news was released that Rihanna and Chris Brown, both scheduled to perform, would be cancelling their performances due to a “personal incident;” that “personal incident, as we now know, turned out to be a domestic violence incident, in which Chris Brown has been accused of beating up Rihanna, his girlfriend. It [...]