Small businesses, companies of 500 employees or less, are responsible for 64% of new jobs created in the US each year. For every one person who has died from COVID19 roughly 1,000 Americans have filed for unemployment (based on the data that 17 million Americans have filed although another 3 million are probably backlogged). A …
This week, Anne Taylor wrote about her experience at a Drag Queen Story Hour in Minnesota. Her story gained national attention with startling photographs of the Drag Queen sitting in a chair flashing his crotch at the children. Incidentally or not, exposing your crotch to anyone, especially children, in public or otherwise, is the height …
When I was growing up, my mom frequently told us kids when we argued, “Don’t use fighting words.” In our house “fighting words” included the words “never” and “always.” These polarizing and emotion-causing words were just simply not allowed. “You never let me do anything” or “You think you’re always right” are frequently thrown around …
Recently, I ran across a Los Angeles Times op-ed on mass shootings and media coverage. Written by James Densley, a sociologist and professor of criminal justice at Metropolitan State University, and Jillian Peterson, a psychologist and professor of criminology and criminal justice at Hamline University, the op-ed provides revealing information regarding mass shootings: Studies estimate …
