
The teenage years can be a nightmare for many parents. This is the time they are likely to feel impotent, frustrated, useless and powerless. However, they really don't have to be too painful or unnerving, neither do they even have to happen that way.
With all due respect, Mr President: he's big on respect, but...Source: Guardian Unlimited
After respectfully bowing to the emperor of Japan last week, President Obama travelled on to China where both countries agreed that "the fundamental principle of respect for each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity" was at the core of China-US relations.

When did "polite" become something one must defend as a character trait?
Bring back OU-Nebraska, every year Source: The Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
It's Oklahoma-Nebraska week, so you know what that means.
Welcome to college football's lovefest. The series that's more mushy than a Valentine card. More syrupy than a cherry Dr Pepper.
BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN

This age is a curious one: liberating yet often frightening. At a time when everything seems to be happening, life can become another mid-life crisis because many women now fear the ageing process, especially if they start to feel unattractive.

Everyone in the world mistakenly believes they are seeing the same reality. In one sense, reality is a static situation but how it appears to us will depend on what we read into it, and that is decided by our individual perception.
Great Man, Lawyer and Animal LoverSource: Roswell Daily Record
Richard "Dick" Bean passed away quietly in his sleep at La Villa Assisted Living and Memory Care, Sunday afternoon.
Bean was born in Roswell in 1918, and practiced law locally for more than 60 years. He was 90 at the time of his passing.

Call me old-fashioned, overly sensitive, whatever you would like, but in my opinion, the use of profanity in everyday conversation has become annoying. Apparently, I'm not too far off the mark with this question.

I did a night dive once. With two divers we only had one flashlight to navigate under water. In my vivid imagination I pictured throngs of monsters waiting for me just outside that small circle of light.

Civility

Ethnic slurs are common in most countries. Everyone does it right? From what I can discover Americans are really good at taking words from other countries and making them uniquely our own.

Regardless of politics, religion, social class, gender, race, the President represents the highest office in America and around the world.
Joe Wilson and the Meaning of RespectSource: NPR
"I wonder if these same people will be lining up now to support every smart-mouthed kid who disrupts a student assembly? Or their own child's class because he doesn't like the lesson plan?

The latest videotaped message from Osama Bin Laden has been aired and commented on by the media. But Bin Laden is not a Head of State, or someone who can be negotiated with, or someone who means anyone any good.
Men: They Have Feelings Too, Build Them UpSource: Xanga.com
While you may not agree with everything that ModernBunny says, she makes some good points about giving what we want and need. She states that male-bashing needs to stop and that men and women are equal in many ways.

As much as the world and Americans disagreed and some disliked George W Bush the disrespect of my president BARACK OBAMA was just totally outrageous and totally racist by the Republican GOP.

After experiencing and observing a plethora of rude, bullying and disrespectful behavior on the part of 'adults' in my community, I felt compelled to write this article.
Contemporary religious battles: Faith vs. Tolerance Source: helium.com
We're living in an age where we're supposed to be tolerant, not only of other faiths, but of everyone and everything. Yet, if you look around, all you seem to see is a lot of fighting and protesting.

I don't care...if you are Democrat, Republican, Independent, Libertarian, conservative,liberal,moderate, black, white, Latino, Asian, or a mixed bag of whatever. I never have and I never will.

What's going on, America? Since when is it okay to treat a President with the lack of respect we have witnessed in the past weeks and months?

I was waiting to have a blood test in my surgery when an elderly couple walked in to see their doctor. Nothing extraordinary about them, except that when the woman was called in, the guy sat on his own looking exceedingly miserable, alone and dejected.
6 Money Lessons from Suze Orman: Personal PowerSource: oprah.com
My street name is "the Money Lady." That's what strangers say when they stop me: "Look, it's the Money Lady!" Emphasis on money. Early in my career, they seemed to be commenting primarily on the fact that I was always popping up somewhere giving financial advice.

I have a small business with 14 tractor / trailers and drivers of course.
Well for those of you who don't know trucking, one of the worse parts of the job is loading and unloading.
It's time for a Nazi history lessonSource: mcclatchydc.com
Google "Obama + Nazis" and you get almost seven million hits. Nor is the phenomenon new. Substitute President Bush's name and you get nearly 2.8 million.