On Monday, President Barack Obama said the Supreme Court should not have taken up the challenge to the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell."This should be an easy case. Frankly, it probably should not even have been taken up," Obama said during a press conference at the G-7 summit in Germany.When asked whether the administration had a "plan B," in the event that the Supreme Court strikes down subsidies in states that do not run their own... [...]
Grieving a divorce isn't exactly fun. People want you to hurry up and get over it already. That or they're married and don't understand that it isn't a breakup -- it is a death when you lose your spouse. Your family, your dreams, your effort, your money --you name it, you have lost it all. If only there was a proper burial to get through it and start to move on. Well, there isn't, but I did make this nifty little checklist in hopes of helping... [...]
There was a rallying cry in my office last week for volunteers to donate blood, which drew a few eye-opening responses care of 'reply all' , including 'I'm not allowed, I've had amoebic dysentery' and 'I'm still technically radioactive so can't either, sorry'.As much fun as both of those things sound, neither is applicable to me. Despite this, and the fact I'm a healthy 43-year-old, I am also not allowed to give blood.My crime? Being gay.I... [...]
"Don't get divorced if you think you're just going to go out and find the right person to marry," my mother said to me on a cold, white Michigan afternoon many years ago. I was sitting in my tiny master bathroom, the door shut as I whispered into the phone and my two toddlers played downstairs while the baby slept.
"You may never find Mr. Right," my mother said. "Only get divorced if you would rather be alone the rest of your life than be... [...]
Many divorced and remarried dads have deep insecurities about their new parenting roles, as if a dad's relevance is directly proportionate to the minutes and hours he spends with his children. But all dads are dads 100% of the time, just as all moms are still moms 100% of the time. The title is permanent, but the job itself can be tricky, especially after a divorce.While plenty of dads know that quality of parenting time is more important than... [...]
