Bill Cosby and Daniel Holtzclaw: Despicable Abusers of Power
A recent NBC article by journalists Elisha Fieldstadt and Ari Melber details how Bill Cosby is now countersuing 7 of his alleged victims for defamation and emotional duress. Over 50 women have now come forward to accuse him. Could they all be delusional? Could they be part of a decades-old character assassination conspiracy designed to detonate now? Unlikely at best. And he’s only suing 7 of them, a move most likely calculated to exact revenge for their speaking out. Too oft
Thank You John Lennon
Thirty-five years ago today, John Lennon was gunned down in front of his apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I was a seven-year-old kid living in Connecticut when my father told me the news. Even as a kid, I was already a Beatles fan. “Which one died Daddy?” My father pointed to the picture of the bearded man in glasses leaning over the railing on the cover of the compilation 2-record set known affectionately to fans as “The Blue Album”. And then we just l
Violence Against Women in South Carolina
Violence against women is an international crisis. For me, "Think Globally; Act Locally" applies directly to this issue. When I first moved to Columbia, SC, my husband and I took a horse-drawn carriage tour of the old city. Our tour guide stopped in front of the State House and mused about an archaic law still on the books. “It’s completely legal to beat your wife on the steps of the State House on Sundays. You can look it up.” Believing our tour guide was just being sarcasti
