Nothing but a tiny ball of orange fur when we first purchased her in Conway, SC, Trixie was named after the character on "The Honeymooners" for when she broke out of the pack of tiny creatures on the carpet, she trembled and showed us her first nasty trick.

It is December 2009 and one more hero has bit the dust in a world of capitalistic focus during the time of thanks and giving. The media caught the hero Tiger Woods with his guard down. His force shield was penetrated and the false idols that supported his perfect reign are peeling away.

Women, where do you turn when you know something is not right "down there"? You may have thoughts such as, "Will my husband still love me if we can't have intercourse?" "I'm too embarrassed to talk to my doctor." "Maybe this is normal. It'll go away.".

It seems like the other day we watched in horror as those buildings collapsed to the ground on live TV. Sept. 11, 2001 changed the face of our society. It has given us such evolutionary things as the "War on Terror" wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the USA Patriot Act and the continued dismantling of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Jordan, I feel inclined to comment on your article in the most recent issue of YES! Weekly entitled Seatbelt checkpoint nets one arrest [June 3, 2009; by Jordan Green].

Mr. President, The entire nation is looking forward to change for the better, both at home and abroad, after eight miserable years of the Bush presidency. Among those most concerned and hopeful are the Muslim citizens of America who have suffered tremendously during these eight years.

While channel surfing on Sept. 10 I stop for a minute on C-Span. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) is speaking. Something makes me stop surfing and listen. He’s saying that for 30 years our nation has had the wrong energy policies. Thirty years. That’s a long time in the life of any of us, I think.