Mom's Picks

By Cheryl Brousseau

My smelly toes

It isn’t wrong to raise an eyebrow at how the Macrons got together
The Guardian - Hadley Freeman
No one should mind that the French president is 24 years younger than his wife, Brigitte. But the story of their romance? That is a bit weird People seem to be very confused with regards to how to talk
Emmett Till memorial sign scarred by bullet holes
CNN - By Andreas Preuss, CNN
Emmett Till memorial sign scarred by bullet holes (CNN) — The sign marking the site where Emmett Till's body was found is now riddled with bullet holes. The marker is in rural Tallahatchie County, two
‘Our hearts are broken, too’: Obama visits survivors of Orlando rampage
The Washington Post - By Katie Zezima ,
ORLANDO — President Obama met Thursday afternoon with relatives of people killed in the recent shooting rampage here as well as with survivors of the attack, again making a grim pilgrimage to mourn a killing
Japan tour bus veers off mountain road; 14 dead
CNN - By Juliet Perry, CNN
(CNN) — Fourteen people were killed when a bus ferrying tourists to a ski resort in central Japan rolled off a mountain roadway in the early hours of Friday morning, according to local authorities. The
Review: Straight Outta Compton finds new humanity in rap legends
The Verge - By Lizzie Plaugic
This is the world N.W.A was born out of, and this is where Straight Outta Compton — named after N.W.A’s seminal debut album — begins. Given its historical context, as well as our current cultural climate,