BONNIE
Reader photo: The view from the basement
Reader Bonnie Dewald sent me this photo of the view from her basement in northwest Jamestown. Note the lines marking layers in the snow. ...
Posted on 12/27/09 at 8:47 AM
Ideologues go too far
It seems there are two obstacles to President Barack Obama’s desire for comprehensive health care reform: the so-called public option and an unexpected fight over abortion rights.By Bonnie Erbe , December 12, 2009
The downside of DNA testing
Ah the medical miracles that genetic-mapping and DNA testing produce. That does not mean the mapping of the genetic code is entirely a positive development. It has its downsides.By Bonnie Erbe , November 28, 2009
The other side of breast cancer
I understand the outrage over new federal guidelines suggesting a much more limited (and less expensive) approach to screening women for breast cancer. I just watched Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., explain to one of the cable news networks that she caught her own breast cancer at 41 and if she had followed the new guidelines she probably would not have caught her cancer and could have died from it by now.By Bonnie Erbe , November 21, 2009
A look at women and their spending
There used to be a water-cooler line the gist of which was that women had to work twice as hard as men to get half as far in the workplace. Peggy Lee sang the song, “I am a Woman” including the lyrics, “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan.”By Bonnie Erbe , September 19, 2009
Each side wrong
I have combed the now-infamous school speech President Obama delivered on Tuesday for comments that might be objectionable to conservatives.By Bonnie Erbe , September 12, 2009
Big families problem for environment
With great fanfare the infamous Duggar family this week announced (on the “Today” show, no less) the upcoming birth of a 19th child.By Bonnie Erbe , September 06, 2009
Self-dealing by Obama’s aides
Sen. Ted Kennedy’s death will overshadow and push out of the headlines a very important story of which Americans should take note. A stationary nimbus of self-dealing hangs over one of President Obama’s key staffers, exposed this week by the Associated Press.By Bonnie Erbe , August 29, 2009
Vick not ready to be on the field
Why am I not surprised by the results of the following poll? A Marist poll released this month shows men are more likely than women to approve of the Philadelphia Eagles’ controversial decision to allow Michael Vick back into that exclusive club otherwise known as the National Football League.By Bonnie Erbe , August 22, 2009
Clinton's comment
The Fox News boys and other imitators of “fair and unbiased” media have had a field day with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’sBy Bonnie Erbe , August 15, 2009
Pop cluture fascinated with fat
A new rush of reality and comedy shows on cable TV this summer once again poses the question, is television’s acceptance of fat people good for America’s obesity epidemic, or is it driving the number of obese Americans higher?By Bonnie Erbe , August 01, 2009
Kiss affirmative action goodbye
Toward the end of last year’s election, I turned to a young African-American acquaintance and said, “If Barack Obama wins, you can kiss goodbye to affirmative action, or what’s left of it after 20 years of Supreme Court cases whittling it away.By Bonnie Erbe , July 04, 2009
Neda, the unlikely martyr
I cannot get Neda out of my mind. Neda Agha-Soltan, to be precise. Neda is the woman the world watched die on videotape that was uploaded last weekend to the Internet. She was the woman slaughtered, apparently, by Iranian government gunfire last Saturday during anti-government protests and riots in Tehran.By Bonnie Erbe , June 27, 2009
Financial fears
Trying economic times have prompted many Americans to search the financial horizon for positive signs we may be pulling out of the recession.By Bonnie Erbe , June 20, 2009
Our flip-floppin president
President Obama has compiled a long and growing list of increasingly important flip-flops on critical U.S. policies.By Bonnie Erbe , June 13, 2009
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