Diane Rehm’s book shored up my own memories of caregiving and the dilemma of letting go — “Me quiero morir.” Bedridden in a nursing home, my 80-something father yelled “I want to die” from the pit of his throat with what little strength he had left in his body. …

Women bared their souls and more on the steps of the Supreme Court when a judge confirmed spelled the dismissal of women’s pain. — Witnessing history yesterday was something I'll not soon forget. After the bare-breasted woman was symbolically arrested, one, then two, then three women walked up the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States. I was about to leave when the sidewalk barricade was breached and the protesters walked up…

If the “land of the free and home of the brave” is to be anything but a sham, “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” should also means freedom from rape. — The history of misogyny is as old as humanity, and today, October 5th, marks the one-year anniversary of the New York Times bombshell that exposed allegations of sexual harassment against film mogul Harvey Weinstein. The veil of silence torn apart, a wound exposed…

Gillen’s case is just one of many in a banner year for women’s rights, and what a week for CBS on the eve of the one-year anniversary marking the Harvey Weinstein bombshell that gave rise to the #MeToo movement. — When is it OK to discuss menstruation cycles in the newsroom or boardroom? Never. That’s what investigative reporter Michele Gillen implies in an age and gender discrimination lawsuit her attorneys filed Friday at a federal district court against her former employer Miami’s CBS WFOR-TV and its parent network.

Open yourself up to the challenge of a diagnosis. — Caregivers often ask me about dealing with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and while it’s important to understand memory disorders clinically, it’s even more important to understand the role of this diagnosis in your own spiritual growth. The science of medical research will only see the patient, as it should, through the…

America will never be even remotely great if it abuses its women and truth tellers. — Recent headlines in a nation that’s normalizing horror: a cold comfort Supreme Court judge retires, women are arrested at the Senate while protesting peacefully in a plea for compassion, immigrant families are ripped apart, children of a tender age suffer, journalists are shot in a newsroom, and a First Lady…

When children are put in cages and separated from parents, we know who’s really trash. — The Trump administration has implemented — or re-implemented, depending on the news source — a “zero tolerance” policy of criminalizing seekers of asylum that’s separating children from parents at the Mexico border. The usual bickering and scapegoating between left and right is trying to distract us from what we’re witnessing…

When I became a caregiver to my father, visits to his nursing home shored up memories of childhood adventures. Alzheimer’s robbed him of memory, but gave back love. — I felt so small, with nothing but a wooden bridge separating my little body from the roiling water flowing furiously out to sea, waves swooshing in a grey confluence of foam. The briny air filled my lungs. Slimy black ink oozed out of the squid daddy cut up for bait…

This week’s celebrity suicides are a reminder of how fragile our ties are to the body, and a moment to shift into a practice of love. — RIP Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain, my old friend Jackie, my friend’s son, millions of others and a dying part of myself that let go so I could hold on … This week’s celebrity suicides are a reminder of how fragile our ties are to the mortal flesh — this crazy…