When "Less" Really is More

By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.Did someone pay them to figure this out?In a study that I’m certain will be up for Pulitzer Prize consideration, researchers at Penn State University have decreed that middle aged women are “happier with moderate exercise” as opposed to vigorous exercise. Apparently, the study found that women felt less stressed, less anxious and less depressed after less strenuous [...]

2018-10-30T09:54:12-04:00October 11th, 2011|2 Comments

A Kardashian Fashion Blunder

By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.Good Lord, I hope they don’t give them a centerfold spread in the Wish Book.In a move that has everyone who associates Sears with conservative clothing and reliable, dependable merchandise scratching their collective heads, the venerable retail store and catalogue company, home to the eagerly anticipated Christmas Wish Book, has inked a deal with those sirens of stupidity, [...]

2018-10-30T09:54:17-04:00October 4th, 2011|3 Comments

Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History by Charles M. Sevilla

 reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban For some reason that totally escape me some people don't like to read. Maybe they think reading is too much work or that books are boring. Especially those labeled "nonfiction", especially those about the legal system.If you are one of those people, you may have missed the book from which I'm sharing some excerpts with you today. Its name is Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History, and [...]

2018-10-30T09:54:19-04:00September 30th, 2011|3 Comments

Going Out with a Bang

By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Floods. Famines. Pandemics. It smacks of apocalyptic predictions, but recently, it's been actual headline news. And those are just the “natural” disasters. Add to them the plunging stock market, global economic meltdown and terroristic mayhem, and it can give a gal a headache. Now, as if that's not enough, I have to worry about the possibility [...]

2018-10-30T09:54:20-04:00September 27th, 2011|4 Comments
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