Betty Rollin: A light has gone out. And so have many others — Rosalynn Carter, Harry Belafonte, Dianne Feinstein, Cormac McCarthy, Daniel Ellsberg … Read more.
Barbara’s Riffs on Life
TV or Not TV: The Week We Turned Off Our 1980s Go-To Screen
TV or Not TV? In 1987 the go-to screen for exasperated moms looking for a way to distract rambunctious kids was — the television set. Read more.
Talking Turkey
It’s Thanksgiving, time to talk turkey. Read more.
Change Happens. It Just Does
Sibling Loyalty: My Brother Has a Sister. And I’ve Got a Brother
Sibling loyalty. Sometimes it means you can ignore your writing deadline and have a fun visit with your brother who just had knee surgery. Read more.
Evil, Forgiveness and Reconciliation — What Do Those Words Mean?
Today I’m taking a deep dive into the philosophical weeds, asking what we mean by the words evil, forgiveness and reconciliation. Read more.