Sunday Newscape Magazine

I had the honor of being in Philadelphia - at Independence Hall - on July Fourth this year. It was a moving experience. We had an enthusiastic National Park Service guide who gave us all the salient historical details and then threw in some interesting tidbits, like the fact that the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence was 26 and the oldest - acclaimed kite-flyer Ben Franklin - was 70.

I’m not one to sit down and read the newspaper anymore, but I had a few minutes recently and found a disturbing article that stopped me in my tracks. I won’t mention those involved or the publication, but it proves that the government on all levels is out of its mind.

“I am especially sad these days. An entire era of our Soviet space program is ending, into which we invested not only our money but, what is more important, our intellectual potential.” - Anatoly Solovyov, a Russian astronaut who spent 651 days on Mir.

If you are self-employed or you work in a highly competitive industry, the hard times, when you’re working hard but nothing good seems to happen, can seem as if they’re lasting for an eternity.

I watched in amazement this past week as Senator John Cornyn, from the great state of Texas - a state where Latinos make up about 36% of the population - once again was fixated on the “wise Latina” contention (He was not alone.)

In last week's column I talked a lot about my oldest girl, and how she was dealing with the events of the past year: her father leaving and immediately moving in with his new girlfriend (my EX friend), going back to day care, having a now work-from-home mom, and finally, the inevitable divorce. Her anger is apparent, her blame pointing in the most logical direction…at me: she who stayed. Her pain is almost palpable – to me that is. But that’s why I’m the Mommy; I notice these things.