China's Troubles: How to Help
Here in Beijing at about 2:30pm yesterday I suddenly felt sick, like a bad case of food poisoning. That's when I noticed all my coworkers looking around at each other trying to figure out what was going on.
Because obesity and taxes are two of the best subjects to get people all riled up, New Jersey decided to propose a new tax on fast food.
Here in Beijing at about 2:30pm yesterday I suddenly felt sick, like a bad case of food poisoning. That's when I noticed all my coworkers looking around at each other trying to figure out what was going on.
Whether the individual wishes to gain that knowledge through genetic tests and whether she feels comfortable knowing potentially scary things about herself should be up to the person to decide.
If Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton can be relegated to the ranks of "Autism" these days, then The New World does seem perilously close to being upside down--as I have always suspected.
But it's my belief that despite the secrets we keep and the shame we hold inside, Cambodians truly want to be remembered and acknowledged.
The Tina Fey film could have been even funnier and a lot less predictable if it had taken its cue from real single moms by choice.
Change is essential to save our planet. And we need to get over our resistance to the "weirdness" of doing things differently.
Stupid things I do which need to come to a screeching halt: Texting while walking across a busy street, drinking bottled water, and slouching.
I was astonished to see that the goal-tracking site 43 Things reports that "Drink more water" is in the Top Ten list of people's goals. This is a waste of precious resolution-making energy!
Flowers are nice. But a break might make you a better mom. At least that's what I've been thinking this spring. Would my husband take the baby for a week so I could travel somewhere exciting?
Many election-year observers have noted the absence of a compelling idea or framework to unite the electorate in the Presidential race. But while candidates, leaders, and pundits strain to articulate a vision, a group of mothers may well have done it.
Mom, thank you for giving me life. Let me go on record to state unequivocally that you are a woman of worth and valor. You are precious to me, in every way.
I've had an idea for sometime that by meeting people living on the world's geopolitical periphery, I can learn the most about both globalization and its attendant wars.