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Norma Sherry: Brother Can You Spare a Dime?

Monday, 26 January 2009, 12:45 pm | Norma Sherry

We, as a nation, are on the brink of the most momentous change our country has experienced in most of our lifetimes. Collectively we hold our breath, expel the air in our lungs and heave a sigh in recognition of the enormity of the unknown. More >>

Is It Time For A Bloodless Revolution?

Friday, 6 October 2006, 12:05 am | Norma Sherry

Is It Time For A Bloodless Revolution? By Norma Sherry Are you mad as hell how our country is being run? Have you stood on street corners with banners decrying your opinion? Or are you so frustrated that you think “what the heck”? Do you fear ... More >>

Norma Sherry: A Case for Impeachment

Monday, 14 August 2006, 3:49 pm | Norma Sherry

Impeachment is a serious indictment. In our recent history, President Richard M. Nixon resigned before he could be impeached for lying, covering up and ordering very un-presidential orders. It was a very sad day and for many of us it was the end of ... More >>

Norma Sherry: Genocide

Wednesday, 26 April 2006, 12:48 am | Norma Sherry

As a people who praise humanity; as a human race we have a despicable history. Since the beginning of time we, as a people, have abolished those with whom we didn’t like or agree with, or those who had what we wanted: like land or rich resources. We haven’t ... More >>

Grandma's Worth More Than a 100k, Maybe More

Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 10:47 am | Norma Sherry

Grave robbers are back. Unlike the ghouls of the 1800’s who were caked in mud and slithered about cloaked in the dark of night today’s ghouls wear Armani and Rolex watches and prance about in the hollowed halls of modern day morgues, the finest ... More >>

Norma Sherry: Mein Country – Unforgivable

Thursday, 9 March 2006, 11:59 am | Norma Sherry

If any business was run like the government of the United States it would have been out of business long ago. No business could run as a deficit without its board uprising and firing the lot that ran the business. More >>

Norma Sherry: The Big "A" - As in Alzheimer's

Friday, 24 February 2006, 11:19 am | Norma Sherry

The Big A. Alzheimer¡¦s Disease. A dreadful looming fear that rears its ugly head every time we walk into the other room and can¡¦t remember why or momentarily can¡¦t recall where we left our car keys, or who the voice is on the other end of the phone. ... More >>

Norma Sherry: Whose Life is it Anyway?

Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 1:28 pm | Norma Sherry

Everywhere I go these days I see bumper stickers on cars that read, “We vote pro-life”. I find myself turning my head so I can see what these drivers look like. I guess I must expect that they’ll look unusual or different somehow. Interestingly, they’re ... More >>

Norma Sherry: What Have They Done To My Song?

Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 3:57 pm | Norma Sherry

I could add my voice, my own unique spin, to the multitude of voices writing about the really important issues of our day. I could write about President Bush’s latest Supreme Court nominee or the one that withdrew and her supercilious gushing missives ... More >>

Norma Sherry: If it Were Up to Me

Monday, 12 September 2005, 11:18 am | Norma Sherry

No, it's not about a game of blame as our representatives and newscasters are working so hard to sell. No, it's about accountability. I yearn for the good ole' days of politicians who actually took responsibility. More >>

Norma Sherry: Katrina's Wrath, America's Shame

Monday, 5 September 2005, 12:11 am | Norma Sherry

President Bush says "he's satisfied with the response" speaking of the apocalyptic horror in New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama. He says this with a smile on his face: smiling in the midst of death and destruction. If he were a news reporter he ... More >>

Norma Sherry: Suffer the Little Children

Friday, 10 June 2005, 1:13 pm | Norma Sherry

I fell in love on Wednesday. Flipping the television channels looking for something other than the newest reality TV show, I came across Brad Pitt in Ethiopia. More >>

Norma Sherry: Is This All There Is?

Monday, 30 May 2005, 4:38 pm | Norma Sherry

It's a downcast day. The sky is a dismal grey, the breeze on the blustery side. Occasionally, a fine mist falls from the heavens as if the angels are overcome in their grief. More >>

Norma Sherry: Open Letter to the Democratic Party

Monday, 8 November 2004, 5:41 pm | Norma Sherry

Dear Democratic Party, what became of you? Once upon a time, in our father's time and grandfather's time, you were the party of conscience, the party that spoke for the working folk, the everyday folk. More >>

Norma Sherry: Que Sera, Sera

Friday, 17 September 2004, 12:27 am | Norma Sherry

I asked the Great Unknown What will we be. Will we ever grow to be good and gracious souls? And this is what was said, Que sera, sera Whatever will be will be More >>

Norma Sherry: Truth vs. Lies

Sunday, 29 August 2004, 12:09 pm | Norma Sherry

Separating truth from lies, or as the spinmeister's might refer to it as the new ''morality'', becomes more difficult with each new sunrise. Considering there is so much spinning going on, being passed around via email, and being picked up as ... More >>

Norma Sherry: Girls Of The Olympics

Friday, 20 August 2004, 10:40 am | Norma Sherry

Playboy Magazine arrived in our mailbox yesterday. On the cover was a striking Olympiad in a rather demure bathing suit, but the promised story was far different. More >>

The Libertarian Candidate for President

Friday, 13 August 2004, 3:31 pm | Norma Sherry

I've been interviewing all of the candidates from the local Sheriff to the national candidates on my television show, The Norma Sherry Show. On August 6th, my guest was Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian candidate for president. More >>

HIPAA And Other Assaults Upon Our Civil Liberties

Friday, 30 July 2004, 2:00 pm | Norma Sherry

If you or a loved one has been in the hospital or to your doctor lately, undoubtedly, you have become familiar with the new HIPAA regulations. Apparently, we have become so paranoid, so protective of our privacy, that we have legislated secrecy gone amuck. More >>

Sugar-Free Confections Of A Democratic Convention

Friday, 30 July 2004, 1:39 pm | Norma Sherry

Just as we watch the Democratic Convention nearing the culminating event of choosing John Kerry and John Edwards as the candidates to be our next president and vice president, the pundits and the Republicans, those compassionate ones, are on the prowl. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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