I’m really annoyed at the Oscars this year. It’s bad enough that there were no people of colour nominated in the acting or directing categories last year, but two years in a row? That can’t just be an unfortunate coincidence. It’s almost as though the many brilliant actors, writers and directors of colour aren’t even […]
I just read “The End of Small Talk” by Tim Boomer, published in the New York Times on January 14, 2016. I can see where Mr. Boomer was going in his article, but I have to say that as I kept on reading, I started saying, “Oh, no!” to myself. As someone who writes about […]
I just read the January 7, 2016 article in MacLeans Magazine by Cathy Gulli, entitled, “The Collapse of Parenting, and Why it’s Time For Parents to Grow Up.” I was happy to see such an article featured in a national news magazine. Coincidentally, my own Huffington Post article decrying permissiveness in parenting, education and the […]
There’s a viral video going around these days by a father named Tommy Jordan. The video has received over 40 million views and almost 500,000 likes. In it, Mr. Jordan reads a hostile Facebook post by his 15-year-old daughter and then responds to it, culminating with him putting eight shots from his .45 mm handgun into […]
The new year, 2016, has just begun, and you’d think that everyone wants to put their best foot forward, but I’ve been noticing how reluctant people are, these days, when it comes to their personal growth. The opportunity to do this kind of work can be handed to them on a silver platter, and they’ll […]
I was interested to note that Bill Cosby has been charged with sexual assault, stemming from an incident which allegedly occurred in 2004. He’s been accused by over fifty women of drugging and then sexually assaulting them, but in most of these cases, charges couldn’t be laid due to the alleged events being past the […]
Two young women, Miss Columbia and Miss Philippines, recently experienced two different sides of a terrible shock. For Miss Columbia, it was the shock of being crowned the winner of the Miss Universe 2015 pageant and then less than two minutes later, having the crown removed from her head and placed on the head of […]
I don’t know why I chose to watch the Miss Universe Pageant this past Sunday, December 20th. I usually don’t enjoy those types of shows, but I’m very glad I watched, because I was able to see Steve Harvey make his now famous mistake in announcing the winner of Miss Universe 2015. My happiness has […]
The other day, I was talking to an acquaintance — let’s call her “Angela” — about her marriage. She said that recently, she’d been surprised to hear from her husband — let’s call him “Martin” — that he’d been feeling as dissatisfied as she was with their relationship. She’d been frustrated by Martin’s emotional unavailability, as he’d become more and more silent and […]
This is an update of a previous blog. Enjoy! The holidays can be a wonderful time for many people; they’re an opportunity to spend time with loved ones, take some time off school or work and enjoy the festivities. For some, though, the holidays can be pretty stressful. Every year, there are some people who […]
