Doris O'Brien is a retired college Speech teacher and banker. She has published two books of humor (Up or Down With Women's Liberation and Humor Me a Little) and for many years contributed light verse to the Pepper 'n Salt column of the Wall Street Journal. She is an avid writer of letters to the editors.
Doris celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary in the same year she welcomed her first grandchild. She now lives in Pasadena with a great view of the San Gabriel mountains — and the annual Tournament of Roses Parade.
She can be reached by e-mail: witsendob at (@) gmail.com
SCOTUS Blog: The Health Care Law Upheld
We have focused on the blog of the Supreme Court which is written by lawyers and law professors about the Supreme Court. The site frequently hosts symposiums with leading experts on the cases before the Court. more »
Floor of the Senate: Harry Reid's Remarks About Rand Paul's Proposed Life at Conception Amendment to Flood Insurance Reauthorization
Nevada Senator Harry Reid tells Congress that a Republican's proposed amendment regarding "when life begins" does not belong on a bill to reauthorize flood insurance programs. more »
A Favorite Shopping Source: The National Building Museum
Almost a quarter of a century ago (we tend to round up numbers) we made the first of many visits to the National Building Museum — and its shop — in Washington, DC. Today we eat daily on flatware designed by Robert Venturi for Swid Powell that we acquired on a sale at the shop. more »
Artists in France: "It is the loveliest country you ever saw, the red brown roofs, the white houses, and the green fields."
The 'impressive Normandy coast proved an artistic crucible for European and American artists during the course of the 19th and 20th centuries' while Portland-born artist Mildred Burrage, who as a young aspiring painter traveled in the early 1900s to Giverny, France. She trained her eye on the landscape, creating paintings and filling sketchbooks with her Impressionist style. more »
