Tag: people
member name: Cheri Cabot
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October 30, 2009 12:28 AM EDT --
On Tuesday, November 3, HBO will air the documentary “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama.” According to the website, filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams began to roll . . .
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February 28, 2008 12:17 AM EST --
It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation. My friend, Suzi, and I were going to spend a few days loitering around the Four Corners' town of Durango, Colorado. We planned to read, write, chat with . . .
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April 22, 2009 01:40 AM EDT --
Walk down the magazine aisle of any bookstore or newsstand and you will see Michelle Obama on several magazine covers.
Beautiful and statuesque with an engaging smile, she easily draws eyes to . . .
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February 26, 2008 11:47 PM EST --
Fire spre ad rapidly through three structures on Main Avenue in historic downtown Durango, Colorado, Friday afternoon resulting in a violent explosion from the burning buildings. The force of the . . .
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May 27, 2007 07:43 PM EDT --
When I was growing up in the Midwest, we called Memorial Day, “Decoration Day”. It was the day we decorated the graves of loved ones with flowers.
A few days before Memorial Day, Mom would . . .
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June 15, 2007 10:39 PM EDT --
*Note: I wrote this story for Father's Day last year, but I think it bears repeating.
This is a love story. A love story about my daughter and son-in-law. A love story to my son-in-law. . . .
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March 06, 2007 02:49 PM EST --
Winters in Vermont have become warmer and shorter, threatening the livelihood of ‘sugar makers’ as maple syrup producers are called. Several weeks of cold, . . .
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June 05, 2007 04:55 PM EDT --
I find the odyssey of Andrew Speaker, the 31- year -old attorney with a multi- drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), disturbing on many levels.
Andrew Speaker is an Atlanta personal injury . . .
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February 12, 2007 11:53 PM EST --
The perjury and obstruction of justice trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, is a case of White House spin turned . . .
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February 27, 2007 09:05 AM EST --
Once again separation of church and state, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, has found its way into the Supreme Court.
This Wednesday, Feb 28, the U.S. . . .
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March 13, 2007 06:06 PM EDT --
NOTE: I first published this article on Gather on Nov. 13, 2006. I am re-posting it for two reasons. One, it is tax time again, and two, I am in Iowa for the birth of my granddaughter. . . .
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April 03, 2007 08:39 AM EDT --
Three weeks ago my daughter had a baby. She will be taking three months of maternity leave, just as she did with her first baby. There was never any doubt or question that she would be allowed to . . .
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April 25, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
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May 08, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
Julie MacDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks for the Interior Department, abruptly resigned April 30 on the verge of a congressional committee hearing. Saying that . . .
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May 15, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --
It was bound to happen sooner or later. People stopped shopping. Well, they didn’t stop all together, but enough to make a sharp drop in retail sales for the month of April. A 2.4% fall in sales . . .
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May 22, 2007 10:21 PM EDT --
I have always been intrigued by blind loyalty, both those who follow someone blindly, and those who command such loyalty.
Blind loyalty is a common thread throughout the Bush administration. What . . .
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May 29, 2007 12:43 PM EDT --
Sunday was just about as perfect as a day can get here in Southern California. Warm and sunny with clear blue skies and a faint scent of jasmine in the air. Blooming jacaranda trees . . .
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June 20, 2007 08:07 PM EDT --
If you take a look at all the Republicans running for president, which includes “announced candidates”, “possible candidates”, and my personal favorite, . . .
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January 04, 2008 01:54 AM EST --
My son-in-law called me from Northeast Iowa as soon as he got home from his caucus this evening. It was the first time he and his folks had participated in a caucus. In the past they has always supported . . .
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January 22, 2008 10:00 PM EST --
Neither Wall Street, nor stock markets around the world, were impressed with Bush's proffered economic stimulus. While Wall Street was closed Monday, markets from Brazil to Tokyo nose-dived . . .
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