Point of View

UNITED STATES—When it comes to the game of politics, accountability is everything. Scandals tend to happen left and right, first we have the ongoing situation involving New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and the debacle involving the closing of the bridge, now Americans are dissecting the intense interrogation between Bill O’Reilly and President Barack Obama that aired on Super Bowl...

UNITED STATES—Hello Toni: As a certified case manager and critical care unit RN, I am advising adult children who are desperately seeking advice for their parents that are closing in on end-of-life issues.  Those that have serious health care issues should be offered every option for proper planning as end-of-life care…most appropriately… hospice! Can you explain hospice for your readers...

UNITED STATES—How do you teach children the value of money? It seems simple, but to me it always seems like a never-ending battle where I feel like I always come out on the losing end. I’ve been told that if you give a child money and force them to spend it to get the things they want, it will...

UNITED STATES—Thank God, Halloween is over, but now comes the big problem: what to do with all that candy? For some, it’s candy that may be left over from those trick-or-treaters who didn’t visit your home, for most of us it’s all that candy our kids obtained. Bribing or attempting to get a child to hand over that candy, some...

UNITED STATES—Its an ongoing debate that people have been discussing for years. Should marijuana be legalized in America? If you are asking my honest opinion, the answer is no.  There is a reason behind my decision. We have so many states that have legalized the use of marijuana with a  medical purpose to say the least; all the buzz...

  UNITED STATES—Well America, a new crisis is beginning to attack the country as the Ebola outbreak has made its way into the states.  It was recently reported that a man from Texas has contracted the deadly virus that has originated in West Africa, but is spreading in numbers to other regions.  The big concern many Americans have is what...

UNITED STATES—Hi Toni, I am turning 65 in March 2023, and I was surprised when Social Security told me to go online to sign up. There is not a local Social Security office open that can help me with the online application process. The Social Security rep suggested that I need a “My Social Security Account” to begin the...

UNITED STATES—What is it about money that just stays on the brain no matter how hard we fight to rid ourselves of it? Money seems to dictate life and I don’t like uttering those words, but it does for so many Americans. We want it, we want more of it, we need it to do simple things in life,...

UNITED STATES—I had a great Thanksgiving 2021. In 2020, my family kept it very small because COVID-19 was simply out of control. This year was different. What was supposed to be a small Thanksgiving gathering turned into something big where more people arrived, more food was available and more family bonding transpired? I expected the gathering to be small, but...

UNITED STATES—We all have dreams growing up, but how many of us actually make those dreams that we had as little tots come to fruition? It’s a question that so many of us lose track of time after time. For some of us, we focus our attention on other pressing issues. We have kids, finances become an issue, a...