If you live here in England and are in any way afflicted by physical or mental health issues, then you are sooner or later bound to be targeted by our present ultra right wing government. They promised not to interfere with our hospitals and National Health System and yet they are doing their level best [...]
Throughout his presidential career, Reagan remained inexorably resolute in containing Soviet influence. He blatantly denounced them as “the focus of evil,” (De Gregario – The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents, 657). His anti-Communist temperament never tapered. Reagan intrepidly confronted the USSR. After the Soviet Union, intercepted, “a South Korean Airliner inside Soviet air space, killing [...]
Reagan aspired to restore traditional federalism as intended by our constitutional founders. A fervent federalist, Reagan sought balanced limited government that supported separation of powers. Essentially, all three branches of government operate in separate spheres, performing solely their own respective responsibilities. Stringent constitutional restrictions on government authority apply as enumerated in the Articles of Federal [...]
If you don’t know trust in love’s genius, you won’t ever realize love’s gifts. Falling in love means turning off your thoughts, needs or emotions to focus on someone else’s. Imagine the following scene, “Just married, this couple was in their honeymoon suite on their wedding night. As they undressed for bed, the husband, who [...]
By the time of his presidency, Reagan already succeeded in establishing himself as the prototypical American icon. Election Day, Nov 4, 1981, proved an indisputable victory. The people ultimately distinguished Reagan as a prominent leader, earning, “489 total combined electoral votes in all but six states,” (Biography of Ronald Reagan, 1). Overtime, Reagan’s popularity only [...]
Ronald Wilson Reagan, as 40th President of the United States, entered office on January 20, 1981, concluding a period characterized by political instability and social upheaval. Upon inauguration, at 70 years of age, Reagan became the oldest person, and only professional actor to ever serve as President. His celebrity status alone transformed American perception of [...]
Because I have five nationalities in my genetic background, I’ve always considered myself American unless it was a holiday where I could embrace my ethnicity …like being Irish. What can I blame my Irish background for? My milk white skin and rosy apple cheeks, my crystal blue eyes and my mahogany hair….scratch the mahogany; it’s [...]
Before having children I was efficient, punctual and tidy. Known as “controlling” by those closest to me —a textbook Type A. Evolution has since exerted its dominance and old standards of “perfection” and “completion” have been re-defined. With the entrance of each child into the family commune, a little piece of my old self has vanished. Thrust [...]
November fourth, 1995, an international day of mourning. After completing a speech and rally for peace the Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, walks towards the car and is shot and killed by a fanatical Jew whose mind has been filled with hate and propaganda. As he takes his last breath the peace process he’s [...]
When life changes and you see your mom through your own “mothering eyes.”
