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Selfishness Versus Self-Care: Warranted Versus Unwarranted Guilt

Selfishness is negative. Calling someone or being called selfish is a pejorative, a stinging insult for good reason. …

Health

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Selfishness Versus Self-Care:
Warranted Versus Unwarranted Guilt
Selfishness Versus Self-Care:
Warranted Versus Unwarranted Guilt

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Dear President Biden (and the media)

Journalists, and President Joe Biden himself, are empowering racially motivated domestic terrorism by repeating their language, which is rooted in the Nazi theories of a racial hierarchy and the elimination of those not of “pure blood.” Headlines that shout: “Buffalo shooting victims were killed by white supremacy” glamorize and fuel…

Racism

3 min read


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“Unknown Author” NAILS Much Needed Sensible Gun Control

On May 14, 2022 18-year-old Payton Gendron drove 200 miles to kill 10 people in a grocery store in Buffalo NY. Ten days later, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered an elementary school in Uvaldi, TX and murdered students and two teachers. Both teens used assault weapons that were legally sold to…

Gun Control

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“Unknown Author” NAILS Much Needed Sensible Gun Control
“Unknown Author” NAILS Much Needed Sensible Gun Control

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Mirah’s Reflections: The Death Knell of American Democracy

Without being overly dramatic, we are witnessing the downfall of American Democracy in our lifetime. It may get revived. But it is dying before our eyes. When our elected officials ignore the will of 97% of voters — that is a death knell for democracy being killed by greed so…

Democracy

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Mirah’s Reflection: What Would Make the USA the Greatest Nation?

In the opening minutes of the 2012 HBO series “The Newsroom,” Jeff Daniels plays a moderate republican who is anchor and managing editor of “News Night.” On a panel, he is asked “What makes America the Greatest Country in the World.” He starts with a politically correct response about freedom…

Healthcare

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Mirah’s Reflection: What Would Make the USA the Greatest Nation?
Mirah’s Reflection: What Would Make the USA the Greatest Nation?

Jul 5

It’s Hard to Feel Celebratory about my Country’s Birthday

How can we wave our flags with pride on this 246th anniversary of the USA when a parade celebrating that occasion in a Chicago suburban community became yet another massacre event? Another mass shooting. The shooter, an allegedly a 22-year-old white male. Independence Day? Celebrating freedom? …

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It’s Hard to Feel Celebratory about my Country’s Birthday
It’s Hard to Feel Celebratory about my Country’s Birthday

Jul 3

Stop Using the Adoption Community — Adoptees, Mothers, Fathers, and Adoptive Parents (AMFAPs) — as Pawns in the Political Battle Over Abortion

We are angry and speaking out . . . — Adoptees, Mothers, Fathers, and Adoptive Parents (AMFAPs) have been silenced for far too long. We are tired of being spoken about and for. …

Adoption

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The Adoption Community — Adoptees, Mothers, Fathers, and Adoptive Parents (AMFAPs) — Are Angry at…
The Adoption Community — Adoptees, Mothers, Fathers, and Adoptive Parents (AMFAPs) — Are Angry at…

May 21

Mirah’s Refelctions: Don’t Discount the Value of (Kindly) Written Communication

We live in a high-sped world. One word messages or less. Short hand memes, Giffies/Giphys — or even just an emoji — are not uncommon and are sent with the belief that they are received and understood as intended. Yet, we so often hear that often the reason for so…

Communication

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Mirah’s Refelctions: Don’t Discount the Value Written Communication
Mirah’s Refelctions: Don’t Discount the Value Written Communication

Apr 26

Mirah’s Refections: The Depp/Heard Fiasco

What is all the Mud-Slinging about? Even if you don’t care and are not following the trial, it’s hard to avoid hearing excerpts on the nightly news of the Depp-Heard rematch: the uber ultimate he said / she said that makes War of the Roses look like an adorably cute romantic comedy. …

Johnny Depp

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Mirah’s Refections: The Depp/Heard Fiasco
Mirah’s Refections: The Depp/Heard Fiasco

Mar 26

The Changing Face of Surrogacy: Normalizing an Anomaly

A strange added twist to the horrors of the war crimes unfolding before our eyes like never before in Ukraine, are a reported 41 surrogate infants living in a nursery basement turned makeshift bomb shelter. AP News reports the Ukraine “has a thriving surrogate industry and is one of the…

Surrogacy

9 min read

The Changing Face of Surrogacy: Normalizing an Anomaly
The Changing Face of Surrogacy: Normalizing an Anomaly
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Mirah Riben

Author, Activist http://MirahRiben.blogspot.com; @MirahRiben

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