Testing The Waters

April 15, 2013 Its Patriots Day, a civic holiday that commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution. It is celebrated and observed yearly with the Boston Marathon. By now you know what comes next... what was to be a moment of celebration for the on-lookers and all the runners instead turned into horror, explosions and blood shed. Martin Richard has been identified as the 8-year-old boy who was one of the three people killed by one of the blasts. He and his family lived in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester. Martin was running up to the finish line to congratulate his dad (Bill Richard) on completing the race. His mother, Denise, sustained critical injuries and his sister, Jane, suffered extensive injury to one of her legs.  There were 176 injuries. 3 deaths. There were countless number of heroes that day and to me Martin Richard is among those heroes. A SIGN OF HOPE Martin Richard had recently participated in a  peace rally at his school... this i...

There are so many unusual shows on television these days. If you flip through the channels on any given day or night you will undoubtedly stumble across a show about a group of people, from a major city in America, living their lives in front of cameras - why? Well, they do get paid, they do attain some kind of celebrity from the show and if they are really business savvy they can parlay their new found success and money into an empire. It may sound like I have an aversion to Reality Shows but I don't. I sit down and watch like everybody else (personal favorites are Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Real Housewives of New Jersey) NEWS FOR ENTERTAINMENT What I take offense to are the shows and publications that are masquerading as "News" sources.  To my knowledge the "News" is supposed to supply the public with impartial information not salacious stories, half-truths and unsubstantiated "facts." I recently read an article that accused Beyonce ...