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Being a Good Mother: Who’s better than you?

Being a Good Mother: Who’s better than you?

The subject of being a good mother is a tricky one. As if parenting weren't challenging enough, every year now a book comes out to tell us who is doing a better job than American moms. Last year it was Tiger mom, with her best-seller "Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother." It is the story of Amy Chua, the Chinese-American mom who suggested letting her strong-willed child go out in the snow without a coat was superior parenting at its best. Not to be outdone, this year Pamela Druckerman, an American mother living in Paris wrote “Bringing Up Bebe.”  According…
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Merrily, merrily… life is but a dream

Merrily, merrily… life is but a dream

Philosophy finds its way into our lives through unexpected sources, such as children songs. ¨Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream¨. The first time I heard this song (not long ago) I was listening intently. I needed to learn the lyrics so I could sing them to my daughter. The profoundness of the last rhyme wasn't lost on me. I quickly wondered why someone would teach a child such a song. A native Spanish speaker that I am, I can't hear a reference to life being a dream without…
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Millennium Trilogy Stieg Larsson review: Lost in Salander Land

Millennium Trilogy Stieg Larsson review: Lost in Salander Land

Millennium Trilogy Stieg Larsson: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest I'm lost in Salander Land! Stieg Larsson's writing is so captivating, the characters so sexy and the setting so current you won't be able to read just one of the books in this trilogy. Lisbeth Salander, his heroin is a present day bad-ass, who uses technology and anonymous internet buddies to uncover mysteries, solve murders and reinvent herself. She comes from an unthinkable place of pain and is determined not to be a victim again. This…
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Where is Rick Sanchez? A fan’s guide to following Rick

Where is Rick Sanchez? A fan’s guide to following Rick

I miss Rick. That other people have bothered to google the keywords "Where is Rick Sanchez?" lets me know I'm not alone. The longtime TV anchor fired from CNN after calling John Stewart a "bigot" in October 2010 might have been colorful, in many ways unconventional and at times easy to make fun of... but he was great to watch. I belong to a big community of friends of Rick Sanchez who miss him and want him back. Rick's down to earth, pal-to-pal approach to news delivery was one of a kind. He is the first news anchor I watched…
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