In the election last week, Missy Reilly Smith ran for Washington DC delegate to the United States House of Representatives (she lost to Eleanor Holmes Norton).  Smith ran largely as an anti-abortion candidate. She ran 30 second ads which aired 24 times on local broadcast network affiliates across the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area, preceded by a 15 second warning (added by the station management) due to the shocking content. What was the ad? More >>

Today's e-mail of the day (Found Dog Reminds Me of Missed Years) made an impact on me! Unfortunately I was driving on a very busy highway and trying not to cry as you were reading. I did make it safely to my destination. More >>

Geotags make it very easy for friends, relatives, bosses, spouses, parents, enemies, law enforcement, stalkers and thieves to know exactly where you are... More >>

...As my older daughter grew (teenage years she began to grouse at some of your conservative advice), which I dismissed as growing pains. However at 21, she recently meet a nice young man with many positive attributes. More >>

Putting your home up for sale in today's market is never an easy task with or without kids. Most Real Estate agents will advise their sellers to pay close attention to the complete picture with both outside and well as inside the home... More >>

Is life throwing you a curve? Perhaps your husband of 15 years suddenly wants a divorce, although you thought things were going pretty well. Maybe you were surprised by a lay-off and now struggle to get a job, even though you are a great candidate and deserve the positions you apply for... More >>

I recently read about a woman who won approximately $70 million after an 8 year battle with a major pharmaceutical company.  She was a "whistle blower" who reported the major drug company to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for atrocious violations which risked lives, and she got fired. Now, that company is paying the major part of a billion dollars to the government and has issued an apology and expressed the intent to remedy the situation at the manufacturing plant. More >>

Today you took a call from a woman whose husband said it was easier to talk to his girlfriend by email than it was to talk to her. You recommended that the wife email him as a method to address their communication problems. More >>

Missy Smith is running for Washington D.C. delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.  She is running against incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton and claims to have the backing of the Tea Party movement.   What is most interesting about this candidacy?  She is running largely as an anti-abortion candidate. More >>

How many times have you heard an adult say something like:  "I know I'm a mature adult, but I feel like a teenager on the inside?"  Sometimes, there's a real disconnect between what we see in the mirror and what we think inside our heads: More >>