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• Caps and gown costs too steep for some seniors

  Thu May 21, 2009
  • When I was in high school in the 1970's, you paid a deposit for the cap and gown. You kept the tassel and I believe the cap (for sanitary reasons), but returned the gown. They were about the quality of those tie-on gowns little kids used to wear for Halloween.

• Did Wanda Sykes' performance at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner go too far?

  Mon May 11, 2009
  • No, it's been long enough. Humor helps heal, and the "hands off" attitude toward 9-11 isn't permitting that.

• Have you ever refused medical care because of the price tag?

  Fri May 8, 2009
  • I have had insurance for the past 15 years, but we still can't afford everything the doctors want to do.

• Have you ever refused medical care because of the price tag?

  Fri May 8, 2009
  • My insurance once refused to say whether they'd cover my con's EEG, so he never got one.

• Are today's kids more self-centered than those of past generations?

  Tue May 5, 2009
  • "Add in that the TV is now the babysitter" Oh come on. People have been saying that at least since the early 1960's. Before that, they probably said the same thing about the radio or about phonographs.

• Are today's kids more self-centered than those of past generations?

  Tue May 5, 2009
  • "I start off reasoning with him, then border-line beg him, and finally have to raise my voice"

• Are today's kids more self-centered than those of past generations?

  Tue May 5, 2009
  • We just left when our kids acted up. If they got home and had no milk for their breakfast cereal or no ice cream for dessert, I'd remind them why we didn't.

• Are today's kids more self-centered than those of past generations?

  Tue May 5, 2009
  • It doesn't matter if his kid's behavior was really atrocious, short him of kicking the guy or preparing to jump off a ledge or something equally dangerous.

• Are today's kids more self-centered than those of past generations?

  Tue May 5, 2009
  • I think a major contributing factor is divorced or never-married parents competing for the role of "good parent." They fight over who can give the kid the most, permit the most, and so forth.

• Are today's kids more self-centered than those of past generations?

  Tue May 5, 2009
  • I've endured frightfully rude, self-centered, and undisciplined kids from every generation since I myself was a kid. Their parents have been everything from Depression babies to the parents today.