Category Archives: Reading

How Much Should You Tip ?

Now that we use credit cards to pay for coffees and ice cream cones, I’ve gotten used to seeing payment screens that show tip options. I consider these tips income transfers (from me to workers) rather than gratuities for services … Continue reading

Posted in Reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

About Her Cancer Diagnosis?

A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The problem: She hasn’t told me. (I overheard her husband talking about it: Her illness was discovered during routine medical tests. She was having a hard time getting pregnant — … Continue reading

Posted in Reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Legalizing Marijuana

“Legalizing marijuana would be at the top of my list. This is not just about wanting to get high and not get arrested. We know that Black and Hispanic people are targeted more for drug arrests. I would remove marijuana … Continue reading

Posted in Reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Pharmaceutical Sciences

When Maha Haq’s mother caught her smoking marijuana as a teenager, it changed her life forever. “My mom is a clinical researcher, an academic, so she told me I had to present a defense of why I was smoking,” Haq … Continue reading

Posted in Reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

How to Express the Unspoken

Hugs, kisses, praise don’t come easily to us. Our family practices a stoic, unspoken love. So how do three daughters tell a dying mother how much we adore her? She was turning 92. A Google search revealed that Jackie Kennedy, … Continue reading

Posted in Reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments