People can accept that an innocent, wild animal can be stalked by someone, or lured with call or scents or food, only to be shot and killed for entertainment; their heads sawed off and then hung in the shooter's homes for decoration. But a cat running loose (probably killing native birds) gets made into a rug and it's ...more

People can accept that an innocent, wild animal can be stalked by someone, or lured any numbers away only to be shot and killed for entertainment; their heads sawed off and then hung in the shooter's homes for decoration.  But a cat running loose (probably killing native birds) gets made into a rug and it's heartbreaki...more

I got my first job at 14, and have been paying into the system every since.  I got two years off in total- and that was maternity leave.  When I retire at 67, I will hopefully collect my social security benefits that I have contributed to all my working life.  There are millions of people that are using benefits that d...more

No one is saying that all Africans are black.  Obviously, since Africa was invaded, raped, exploited and mostly destroyed by europeans for generations, there are white people that live there and stay there, even after the end of aparthate.  The point  that people (not just black people) are making is this- the magazi...more

Hmmmm, all of the people attacked with bleach have been black or Hispanic.  All of the cowards throwing the bleach have been white.  I'm going to hazard a guess and say YES, it was racially motivated.

If they drop Ann Curry, they will lose me, too.  They want to drop her because she's not blond and really young.  I like getting my news from someone that is intelligent and with a great personality, like Ann.  They need to stop the cycle of discriminating against people that aren't clones of the stereotype and let the...more

It's not disrespectful for a child to say their name when a teacher calls the child by the wrong name... again.  Any teacher that doesn't know the name of a child by June is playing mind games with the child.  That the child had still had enough self esteem to correct her is amazing.  I had a teacher like that- he was ...more

It would be hard not to become anxious about going up or down the stairs after a while.  Cool looking, but I felt uncomfortable imagining having to use most of those.  I like the tube slide though, and the rope bridge...

I signed tons of papers and loan docs when I was a teenager in college.  I didn't know that the interest would cause the loan to continue to grow and multiply many times over after I paid off what I borrowed.  That when I deferred them when I was pregnant and not working, and again when I was divorced and job hunting, ...more