Looking For True Charity
We’ve been a bit disturbed here at Common Ground at all the press releases we’ve received in October from companies who give to breast cancer research a percentage of proceeds of sales on items like shoes and cosmetics. The releases always tout the good-cause aspect of this effort but we got to wondering if maybe some of these national companies aren’t exploiting breast cancer for less noble purposes. And they weren’t giving HUGE sums of money. So we made the decision not to promote any of those items in this column. We’re willing to change our minds if we hear some good arguments to the contrary, especially from breast cancer survivors. Let us know.
Suffrages in play: Mark Saturday Nov. 11 on your calendar. That’s the date for some drama that will take a creative look at women’s struggle for the vote. This year is the 75th anniversary of that quest. Two plays by Northwest playwright Toni Douglass - “Missed Liberties” and “May’s Vote” - will bring to life that struggle. It will be performed at the Woman’s Club of Spokane at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $10, EWU students are free. Call 359-2898 for more information.
If only: Are you disappointed in how your adult child has turned out? Do you feel bad that you feel so bad about it? Well, an article in a recent New Choices for Retirement Living says the feelings are perfectly normal. One study found that parents’ selfregard is tied to their children’s happiness and job attainment. “If their kids were unhappy and had soso jobs, parents tended to have lower self-regard,” researchers pointed out.
We’re curious: Are there any parents out there with disappointing children who feel good about themselves anyway? We’ll print your replies, but leave your child’s name - and failures - out.
Check it out: This week’s New Yorker magazine has a fascinating look at the O.J. afermath, written by a black author. Some of the African Americans interviewed were upset that O.J. was so strongly supported by the black community. Said Anita Hill: “Not only do we forget about the abuse of his wife, but we also forget about the abuse of his community, his walking away from the community.”
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