June 2018 | Vernā Myers

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08 Jun 2018

FOR THOSE OF US LEFT BEHIND: CARRY ON IN PEACE
FOR THOSE OF US LEFT BEHIND: CARRY ON IN PEACE By Vernā Myers Today we woke up to the news that Anthony Bourdain committed suicide. We are still processing Kate Spade taking her own life three days ago and yesterday the CDC informed us that U.S. suicide rates are up 25% since 1999. https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/07/health/suicide-report-cdc/index.html Suicide is something that is ...
05 Jun 2018

SCOTUS Backs the Baker, Sam B Drops the C-Word, Starbucks Gets a Star, and What’s up with Roseanne Barr?
Over the past week, we’ve seen one news story after another on the subject of intolerance, from Starbucks’ day of racial awareness teach-in, to ABC’s quick decision to pull the plug on Roseanne, to yesterday’s Supreme Court Decision in Masterpiece Cake Shop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. And on top of all that, there was Samantha Bee’s use of the C-word to describe Ivanka Trump! ...