“In 2008, TLC launched a new, family-friendly reality show which answered the question (for anyone who ever wondered), “What’s it like to have 17 kids?” The show was called 17 Kids and Counting, and it depicted the everyday life of the Duggar family, who, due to their religious beliefs, do not use birth control: hence, […]
“It was the end of the 1970’s and toy manufacturing giant Mattel had a big problem: in 1976, CEO Ray Wagner had unwittingly passed up the opportunity of a lifetime, declining to buy the rights to a space flick called Star Wars. Thanks to Wagner’s lack of vision, the biggest name in toys was watching […]
“Last week I had the opportunity to edit an article by our own Rebecca Lemke on why raising the minimum age for marriage to 18 from 16 is bad law. Since my own parents were married when my mom was 17 and my dad was 19, and to this day enjoy a happy, committed marriage, […]
“I was eleven years old when my maternal grandmother came to live with us after the death of my grandpa. By the time I had reached early adulthood, she had became completely bed-ridden, for all practical purposes paralyzed from the waist down. Unwilling to put her in a care facility, my parents decided to care […]