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I was diving home from the mall today, listening to the award-winning news coverage of CNN on the radio (Sirius), when Anderson Cooper asked the mother / aunt how she explained to her daughter that she would never see her cousin again. "What did you say to her?' "I just told her that her little... Sign in to see full entry.

Fortress Amman. There came a time in the British Empire, during the Second World War, when the Brits were forced to fall back country by country, continent by continent. Fortress Singapore was Churchill's line in the sand. Today we learn of a thwarted major AQ attack in Jordan, one of America's... Sign in to see full entry.

So many of my Blogit friends remember my two little girls. When I started blogging regularly in around 2005, I had my room in the basement. They were in high school then and I used to write about the noise and language that wafted down my way when they had friends over. Well, both girls are done... Sign in to see full entry.

My life continues on, week after week, and I scarcely notice the time passing. School after school, grade after grade, appear as a sea of faces, all watching to see how I will react to the truth about them. Aren't we just too difficult? Please don't pay any attention to her, she's so annoying. We're... Sign in to see full entry.

We say we have different ways of grieving, and let it pass. But I'm not sure what that means. There are people to whom we feel close that, while alive we may not be able to express our bond in floweredy phrases. But to lose that person is a game changer. We have trouble communicating with the ones... Sign in to see full entry.

The power of grief has been evident in cases of loss of loved ones and pets. This was a bad week for us. Mama, 94 years old, who had survived many a bout in the hospital with pneumonia, heart disease, kidney failure, broken hip; literally on and on, passed away on Thursday night, ten days ago. She... Sign in to see full entry.

What the politicians have learned from the last couple of election cycles is this. One party can take control of the entire American Government if they just pay attention and act on what they know. 2008 began the cycle when Obama was elected on the promise to change the nation and the world. With a... Sign in to see full entry.

Headline, breaking news, bulletin: CIA chief resigns over extra-marital affair. I was sitting in the waiting room waiting for my doctor when Brian Williams broke in. Thankfully, although I despise Brian Williams for being so long-winded and for being neither Tom Brokaw nor John Chancellor, because... Sign in to see full entry.

Did you see that photo from election night, showing the Romneys and the Ryans together on stage, just after Mitt's concession speech. The looks on their faces were epic. Mitt's face was a plastered grin. "I have something I'm not telling you." Paul Ryan's face was less emotional -- perhaps in... Sign in to see full entry.

A word or two about the problem the government faces we now refer to as "the precipice". The two sides of government were so confident in their split -- and afraid of their fellow wolfpack who might go after them if they crossed over to the other side for compromise -- that we couldn't pay our... Sign in to see full entry.