| November 1st, 2002 Electric Cars and Public Health, Yesterday and Today Can a government honestly say it's an advocate for the public's health while siding with the auto industry against electric cars quotas?It's doubtful given the ill effects of smog and pollution from gas guzzling automobiles. ... |
| October 31st, 2002 Halloween and a Childhood Discovery When I was about ten years old growing up in Havana, my friends and I made an awesome discovery.... |
| October 1st, 2002 Ten Spots They'll Never Find Our Secure and Undisclosed Vice President Any cop will tell you it's the guilty who run at the scene of a crime.Believe that and you'll find Vice President Dick Cheney's disappearances during recent terrorist alerts puzzling. During ... |
| September 11th, 2002 Taking to the Skies and Trusting in God "Turbo props are ok. They won't hijack a turbo prop," my ex-boyfriend insisted as I squirmed and looked for more reasons not to fly to my upcoming family reunion four ... |
| September 4th, 2002 Life at the Bottom of the Corporate Heap A few weeks before she finished her pharmacy degree, my younger sister called to tell me she'd just been offered a job paying something like $60,000 a year. My mind sprouted dark, envious thoughts as ... |
| August 17th, 2002 Corporate Scandal Calls Us Back to Our Ethical Roots There's a favorite story in my family that goes something like this…My father-in-law, a Frenchman, had just arrived in Latin America. He made his way to the government offices in the capital to get his ... |
| August 1st, 2002 23 Defect at World Youth Day in Toronto - Right in Front of My Face The Cuban exile now living in Canada told the Cubans at the World Youth Day celebrations in Toronto: "If there is any way I can help you at all, please let me know."Ismael Sambra spoke ... |
| June 4th, 2002 A response to the bishops' recent proposals on the sexual abuse crisis After reviewing the latest proposals from the U.S. Catholic bishops, I was pleasantly surprised with many of their recommendations. However, the writers of this document still don't get it.Don't get me wrong, many of the ... |
| June 3rd, 2002 Twenty years ago this past week a 27-year old Chinese-American man and a few of his friends walked into a Detroit bar to celebrate his bachelor party. A few hours later Vincent Chin was dead.Who ... |
| May 28th, 2002 How much money should the Catholic Church pay, or not pay, to settle current sex abuse claims? How about $0?Now, before you get into your car and head over to my place to tar and feather me, please rest assured that I, like you, believe that the Catholic Church owes a very ... |