Lifestyle
Michelle Obama Killed it – From the Perspective of a 19 year old male
July 26, 2016
Michelle Obama's DNC convention speech is by far the most moving piece of rhetoric I have heard yet in this election. It was powerful, heartfelt, absurdly quotable, and did not ever dip down into the petty muck that is synonymous in my mind with this entire election season. Essentially, she kille...
The RBG story develops
July 19, 2016
In follow up to last week's post regarding the somewhat surreal Ginsburg v. Trump headlines, it appears the longtime Supreme Court Justice to a limited extent agrees with much of the backlash against her, admitting that judges should “avoid commenting on a candidate for public office” and that he...
RBG v. Trump – You Can’t Make This S…. Up!
July 13, 2016
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently very publicly criticized Donald Trump, asserting, among other things, that he is unfit for a presidential candidate. Trump unsurprisingly responded that he found her comments highly inappropriate. This has stirred public discussion on the proprie...
City of Seattle hopes to set precedent on paid family leave
July 7, 2016
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has proposed an extension to Seattle's parental leave permitted to city employees. He plans to replace the current four-week policy with a new eight week paid leave for employees with infants or ill family members. This eight-week period would effectively be a minimum; the...
Deeply Broken System
July 6, 2016
The Huffington Post recently interviewed Rafael López, President Obama's appointed Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. López sees the child welfare system as “deeply broken” with the chief problem being tha...
Volunteer Attorneys are working to provide free legal services to those in greatest need.
June 23, 2016
Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, a religious based care and recovery program, teamed up with a group of attorneys in an effort to help Seattle's huge homeless population combat overwhelming legal issues by providing free legal services and counsel. A large percentage of Seattle's homeless citizens...
Housing for Seattle’s Homeless Population…
June 16, 2016
It doesn't take statistical analysis for Seattleites to see that homelessness is a problem locally. The Seattle area saw a 19 percent increase from 2015 to 2016 in people living without shelter, from 3,772 to more than 4,500. This is an 84 percent increase from 2011. The Seattle Times recently pr...
High Society: Washington State’s Recreational Cannabis Law and Its Effects on Child Custody and Visitation Rights by Dana Petersen
May 22, 2016
Cannabis use and its effects on Child Custody and Visitation Rights
Kids and Electronics by Randall Enlow
May 22, 2016
Smartphones and tablets are simply ubiquitous. As a consequence, children are using them more often and at increasingly young ages, whether the actual versions or toys designed to imitate adult devices. Many if not most of us have likely witnessed a young child in our life seemingly addicted to u...
This is WAY too much to think about………
March 31, 2016
Getting a divorce. Work? Kids? Parenting? Owning a business?