by Jeannie Babb Taylor | May 14, 2008 | Opinion
Magazines and other media often paint environmentalism as a more expensive lifestyle choice. Often they use the “green” mantra to promote companies who pay for advertising. Every product that is manufactured (even if it is “green”) requires...
by Jeannie Babb Taylor | Mar 17, 2008 | Opinion
If you think females have achieved equality in the United States, just scan the headlines. Misogyny is alive and well. Consider the Marine who raped his female comrade, then killed her and buried her in his back yard to avoid a paternity test. Consider also the...
by Jeannie Babb Taylor | Dec 31, 2007 | Opinion
During the Christmas holidays, several news outlets carried an article about Rudy Giuliani reading the Christmas story at a children’s home in Harlem. The heart-warming headline was followed by a story explaining that he is following up on a 14-year tradition....
by Jeannie Babb Taylor | Dec 20, 2007 | Opinion
I remember the year I eased the Barbie ban. It started with a lazy holiday shrug and ended with a dozen naked plastic bodies strewn about the house. I never bought a Barbie myself. Yet, a few years and a few children later, the Barbie population in our house surged...
by Jeannie Babb Taylor | Dec 12, 2007 | Opinion
A really dangerous series of books has become popular. The first book is so innocuous that many people give it to their children. The tale begins with a couple of innocent kids exploring the simple goodness of the world around them. Soon they find out that humans are...