Peg Hicks-Moore the pundit with plaudits and propositions. Peg provides commentary on local, state, national and international issues. She follows local education issues, and reviews non-profits the Star’s readers may not have heard of under the banner “A Spotlight on Caring”. And, if you read her, her cat will not be the sole recipient of her wit and wisdom.
The Relevance of Pigment in Politics
By PEG HICKS-MOORE
Posted February 3, 2008
Here we are in a new millennium, and we still define people first and foremost by what color skin they have. In the United States we have a man running for President who is equally as much a Caucasian as he is a Negro. Exactly fifty-fifty. We do not call him a Mulatto. We do not call him bi-racial nor multi-racial. We are most accurate when we call him an African-American as his father was Kenyan and his mother American. But mostly we call him Black. Unless you have been out of the country as far away as the Himalayas, you know I am speaking of Barack Obama. Read more...
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
By PEG HICKS-MOORE
Posted January 29, 2008
Here’s an idea! Write checks to American taxpayers for more than $100 billion dollars, divide it up amongst 117 million families, and give everybody around $600. Then, tell them to go spend it on stuff, to help grow the economy. Give businesses some money too; say $50 billion more, so they will buy more stuff, like equipment, or a bigger building to put their stuff in. Read more...
Save California- Go Gamble!
By PEG HICKS-MOORE
Posted January 29, 2008
Now there is no denying the State’s finances are in a serious pinch. But these are bad deals because Props 94-97 are emblematic of a legislature that cannot control spending, will not raise taxes, and will provide only a hasty stopgap measure. Read more...
Accurate Abortion Statistics
By PEG HICKS-MOORE
Posted January 24, 2008
Did you know that nearly half of pregnancies among American Women are unintended? Find other interesting, accurate abortion statistics here. Read more...
A different kind of New Year's resolution
By PEG HICKS-MOORE
Posted December 7, 2007
As the end of the year approaches, I look back on 2007 and understand that none of us want to consider that we will not be here in 2008. But this is possible, if not probable. With that said, if you are 25 or 75, I encourage (and if you are 75 I would like to insist), that you make your end-of-life decisions now, or as a New Year's resolution, and put these morbid, yet necessary decisions behind you as soon as possible. I guarantee you will feel better about your future. Ironic, isn't it? Read more...
