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  • My Brother Has Cancer

    My Brother Has Cancer

    My brother has cancer. And he is a prime example of why health care reform is important. Universal Healthcare is not some sort of socialist conspiracy. It is a solution to a problem.  Our government used to see something that needed to happen and then fixed it. Whether it was a transcontinental railroad, interstates, or…

  • Poor is Okay

    Poor is Okay

    Poor is okay as long as everybody is okay. However, today we have a big gap between the haves and haves not. We must challenge the idea that those that are rich are only to be envied and emulated.   We should validate the believe that struggling and taking care of yourself makes you into…

  • Chat Her Up

    Chat Her Up

    Last weekend, after dealing with a talkative best buy employee, my daughter talked about how women had to deal with attention. Men finding reasons to engage with a female and chat her up based on their looks and that they are female.  She stated just as a fact of life. I think I have always…

  • Advocate, Advocate, Advocate

    You are your child’s advocate in any level of planning meetings, the professionals do want good things for your child.  But it is within the framework of what is best for themselves and their institution. My son required quite extensive interventions when he was younger.  In home therapy, early childhood, speech, OT, etc.  We were…

  • Episode 13: The Oshkosh Lumber Strike

    Episode 13: The Oshkosh Lumber Strike

    Originally posted on Muskrat House: Did you know that Oshkosh, Wisconsin was once the finished millwork capitol of the world? Of course not, because that’s boring as shit. But what if I told you that Oshkosh, Wisconsin was also the capitol of stickin’ it to the man? Yeah, that sounds cooler. Well, they’re both true.…