Tag Archives: Women’s Issues

The End of ‘The View’? Elisabeth Hasselbeck Fired

10/03/2013

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'The View' featuring Michelle Obama, Photo by Mary Rose Ongo

Patrice Ellerbe, Staff Writer Last Modified: 22:25 p.m. DST, 10 March 2013 United States – Us Weekly has reported that Elisabeth Hasselbeck of ABC Daytime Television show “The View,” is being fired. According to a source who wishes to be unidentified, after the show’s market researchers realized her views towards politics did not agree with […]

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Israel Admits to Sterilizing Ethiopian Jews

30/01/2013

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Israel Denies Healthcare to Refugees, Volunteers fill the Gap, Photo by IPS Inter Press Services

Some people who read this post may believe that it is impossible for this to happen in 2010; however, I can attest to the veracity of one aspect of this story. Recently my mother attended a school sponsored event in Potomac, Maryland. Upon her arrival the hostess glanced at her and imperiously informed her that the kitchen was in the back. My mother with aplomb, informed the lady that she was attending the event on behalf of her grandson who was a student attending the school. Upon hearing this, the woman grudgingly accepted my mother’s proffered hand before stepping aside to let her pass. As my mother entered, the woman wiped her hand on her dress.

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Queen’s Pawn

20/02/2012

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Queen Chess Piece

“Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.” ~ Italian Proverb

Obvious ways breed obvious opposition. Noisy preparation is the armament of the hubristic man.
To defeat an opponent thus self-inflated, a wise combatant, sublimates all hint of power beneath the veneer of the demeaned.

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