The barriers erected by prejudice always amaze me after they are gone. I have fought for women's rights, for civil rights for blacks, and for gay rights. But it is the latter which has claimed my greatest outrage. I think it is because I have been more seriously threatened as...

Seniors are the closest to dying, the most frail, and the most vulnerable population in our society. Is it any wonder they are the population most opposed to Obama Care as it has emerged from the shadows? According to Politico:

A July 31 Gallup Poll found that just 20...

The parking spaces in front of the bank were full. Over the front door Temecula Valley Bank's name lay concealed behind a white banner which blared out it was now, the Blah, Blah Bank out of North Carolina. I didn't care. I was there to retrieve my money in what...

My ascent into the middle class began in earnest after I landed two coveted full-ride scholarships. The first was to Mills College in Oakland which is often called the Vassar of the West. And the second was to USC after I promised to write for their award winning newspaper.

Both...