by Toni McNaron | Dec 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
When we accuse someone of “acting with impunity,” we mean that person is exempt from any punishment or harm that might follow from his or her action. Our daily news is rifled with examples of individuals who have long thought they qualified for this...
by Toni McNaron | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
So said Senator Al Franken in response to the second brave woman who stepped up to accuse him of touching her inappropriately several years ago. His not remembering is at the heart of the problem behind most of the rash of accusations coming from women who do...
by Toni McNaron | Sep 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
In Twelve Step programs, the second step reads “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” As I watch images from the recent weekend’s NFL footballs games, this step keeps going through my mind. All those...
by Toni McNaron | Sep 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Kate Millett, pioneering voice about the interplay of sexism and women’s sexuality, died this week from cardiac arrest. Her landmark book, Sexual Politics, was published in 1969 to some rave reviews, some loud denunciations, and much thanks from women trying to...
by Toni McNaron | Aug 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
For many years, I’ve said, half in jest and entirely in earnest, “When I grow up, I want to write poetry.” And I’ve made attempts down through the years. There’s even a fairly good-sized blue file labeled “My Poems” that I...
