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Social Media Ensnaring Our Kids: Hook, Line, and Sinker

by Carol A. Josel | Jan 6, 2023 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making News, Parenting

Though I rely on it every day, am not a big tech fan. Not anymore. Sure, I love keeping up with faraway friends. And no more card catalogs and endless book shelf searches, but I still miss the library itself, its quiet, studious air… Just don’t really need it...

Who Gets to Pay the Piper Now, Student Loan Borrowers or Taxpayers?

by Carol A. Josel | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles, Making Education News, Making News

   In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3, Polonius, the king’s chief minister, tells his son, Laertes, who will be leaving for the University of Paris, “Neither a borrower not a lender be, for a loan oft loses both itself and friend…” Still good advice, but is...

From Freed Black Slaves Honoring Union Soldiers at our First Memorial Day in 1865 to Today’s TAPS ACROSS AMERICA

by Carol A. Josel | May 25, 2022 | Articles, Commentary, Making News, Quotable Quotes

  Back in post-Civil War 1868, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic General John A. Logan declared May 30th a Memorial Day “for the purpose of strewing flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during...

The Antidote For These Tough Times, 11-Year-Old Role Model, Orion Jean

by Carol A. Josel | Apr 7, 2022 | Articles, Commentary, Making News

  As the headlines lurch from one crisis to another, nothing seems right. We fret, we argue, we even end friendships over a difference of opinion, exemplifying the new normal. Even advertising nowadays has a look that ruffles feathers, and I don’t mean just those that...

Kids, Like Many Adults, Are in the Throes of a Mental Health Crisis

by Carol A. Josel | Jan 29, 2022 | Articles, Commentary, Making News, Parenting

   Though not a fan of the term trending, the state of Americans’ mental health is nothing short of a crisis and making for well-supported, above-the-fold headlines. Especially hard hit are young people who have paid a hefty price for COVID safety’s sake. Take for...

Question: What is the significance of September 25, 1789?

by Carol A. Josel | Dec 3, 2021 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making News

  On September 17,1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention finally signed the Constitution after months of deliberation. Two years later, on September 25, Congress approved the first twelve amendments to the document. The first ten became the Bill of...
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