Below The Fold

Merry Chrismanukah!
Debbie called in a tizzy of nerves and holiday-fueled angst.
“I spent so much on Hannuka! I don’t have much left for Christmas! What do I do?!” Ah the pleasures that interfaith marriage has brought my beloved family. It would be easier if Amy’s folks lived here. Then we could just do Christmas [...]

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Leaving Las Vegas…
*Mark is drinking himself to death.
The only friend I still talk to with any regularity from college, Mark also, until his recent termination, wrote for a major metropolitan daily newspaper.
Mark is a drunk.
He’s been a drunk since we were in college, so functional that I never had a clue just how intoxicated he [...]

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There is no right to privacy
Historically, the 9th and 10th amendments to the Constitution have been referenced in the U.S. Supreme court when discussing this sticky issue. One thing the courts have allowed in the past is that somewhere in our lives at some point, there is a reasonable expectation of privacy.
It’s determining the judicial—or [...]

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