by Pat Hartman | Oct 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
As a document that people were eager to sign, the American Declaration of Independence was pretty successful. One of the reasons might have been its massive list of the wrongs done to the colonists by England’s king. By the time you get to the end, you’re...
by Pat Hartman | Oct 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Some Americans are comfortably situated and equipped to handle an unpleasant surprise. But many are on the brink of disaster. After an adverse incident, if a person or family can’t recover fast enough before the next crisis looms, the whole house of cards can...
by Pat Hartman | Oct 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
In 1.05-minute video “Homeless Guy gets Paid with Square,” an entrepreneurial fellow holds a sign that says, “Too lazy to work, too dum to hustel.” That’s possible. It might not go over in Lawrence, KS, but in a place like Santa Monica, CA, where both the...
by Pat Hartman | Oct 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Here is an attention-grabbing start for a story: Instead of shooing away the homeless, Missoula is now finding help for them — for their betterment and the health of downtown’s businesses. Whatever they’re doing in Missoula, MT, it sounds like a win-win situation, if...
by Pat Hartman | Sep 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Two years ago, the print publication High Country News published a significant story by Scott Bransford that spotlighted two California cities, Fresno and Ontario, and one Oregon city, Portland. This has been about the tent cities in each of...
by Pat Hartman | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
“This screams for Living Wages,” was the reaction of Richard R. Troxell on learning about a study about child abuse, conducted by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and three other children’s hospitals, and we will return to that remark presently. The study in...
