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• Should kids be required to get a license in order to sell baked goods in a park?

  Mon Nov 15, 2010
  • A park's public property. The public needs to be protected. Who knows what's in the baked goods. A lemonade stand on your front lawn's okay

• Americans are treated, and overtreated, to death

  Mon Jun 28, 2010
  • In 1981 my drummer son, Paul Garver age 17, died of lymphoma in his own bed by his choice with no tubes, popcycles for hydration, and his dog and drums nearby. His friends were welcome and Denver's Children's Hospital supported the decision.

• The smartest cancer advice you’ve ever heard

  Sun Sep 27, 2009
  • Yes, a positive attitude can help those with a cancer diagnosis. However, it comes down to the initial cancer cell chemestry and how aggresive that is. My 17 yr old son, Paul, had B cell lymphoma which grew inward and strangled his lung.

• After 2 tough summits, Obama savors Ghana moment

  Mon Jul 6, 2009
  • In high school, 1955, I was writing an English research paper called The Negro in Song. Doing research at the Westport, CT library I came across a diagram of a Slave Ship showing how many slaves could be put in the hold on slabs. I was horrified with what it meant.

• Obama's visit to fort a 'full-circle experience'

  Fri Jul 10, 2009
  • In 1956-57 I was taking a class called: International Politics at Oberlin College taught by a professor from Oxford. We had many African students on campus at that time. One, Jules, was from The Gold Coast.

• Vote: How do you feel about child pageants?

  Tue Jan 27, 2009
  • When I was only five and given piano lessons I was also dressed up as Shirley Temple with the curls, baby doll dress and Mary Jane shoes so I could perform at recitals. I was so scared I experienced frightening nose bleeds.

• Suze Orman: Tips to pay off credit cards

  Fri Jan 9, 2009
  • I do have a credit card debt on one card only and pay the minimum each month with an automatic payment from my checking account.  The debt is also a "fixed for life" rate  because I carefully read the information when those promotional credit card checks arrive and find the one …

• UN: 257 Palestinian children killed in Gaza

  Fri Jan 9, 2009
  • Along with the death and wounding of innocent children I also think of the many brave rescuers who put their own lives in danger to try and help those in dire need.

• Clinton looks to loyalists for State Dept. staff

  Fri Dec 5, 2008
  • As long as all these loyalists are really working for Obama's views: after he considers advice from the experts on the problem needing diplomacy and confers with Clinton for her part in solving it and what he wants done; yes she should have people she trusts working with her to be the "point person" …

• Mortgaging the future in desperate times

  Tue Nov 18, 2008
  • In 2005 I realized we would run out of money in a few years as retired classical musicians. My husband isn't in good health so I can't work but take care of him at our home. He lost his entire pension to a scam so we only have Social Security for income.