A GRRRLY Bear's Thought on Policy

This week, while getting gas at the gas station, I saw something that very likely has forever changed me. What I saw was not that unusual, but what I noticed about it was disturbing. I saw a tractor trailer with pigs in cages on the back, crammed into the tiny metal cages, and stacked on […]

What do you picture when you think of older people?  The little old man who cut in front of you while crossing four lanes of traffic without using his blinker, only to go ten miles under the speed limit, and weave ever so slightly back and forth over the center line?  The little old lady […]

  Growing up, I did not have to deal with attitudes and stereotypes that said, for instance, that girls are not as good at math and science as boys. I was homeschooled until the eighth grade, so the strongest influence on my perception of my capabilities as a female came from my parents. Both of […]

Driving though Waco this week, I came across the second hitchhiker I had seen within a three block radius in seven days. Normally, I feel pretty compassionate towards the homeless or “poor” people I encounter. For some reason this time, however, I felt annoyed. Maybe because it was the second time within a few days […]

This is a post that I hesitate to write because of the strong emotions and opinions I believe it might elicit from readers. However, as I searched through articles to write about in this blog, I kept coming back to this one. I believe the potential changes in policy surrounding this subject warrant the scrutiny […]