New NYC Schools Chancellor Cathy Black

There has been much controversy around the appointment of Cathy Black, a former corporate CEO of a magazine publishing company, to the position of chancellor of New York City's public schools. Not...

teen commits suicide in front of 15,000 viewers

This week, a 19-year-old college student took an overdose of anti-depressants in view of 15,000 viewers and died online. 15,000 viewers watched and nobody did anything until it was too late. They...

Would you want to live until 150?

Yesterday on ABC, there was a special report by Barbara Walters during which she spoke with doctors who claim that soon we could live to 150 years old. I'm sure most of you are saying "sure!", but...

Friends Whose Parents Lived Through Trauma

While I heard stories of growing up poor in the Great Depression and teenage years during World War II from my parents, there were other kids, like my friend Toby Ridzinski, who grew up with a whole...

woman in skirt for health reasons

In Florida, a male gardener received a summons for indecency when he was spotted wearing a mini-skirt while mowing a lawn. The reason he was wearing a skirt? He suffers painful heat rash! I say leave...