Doris O'Brien is a retired college Speech teacher and banker. She has published two books of humor (Up or Down With Women's Liberation and Humor Me a Little) and for many years contributed light verse to the Pepper 'n Salt column of the Wall Street Journal. She is an avid writer of letters to the editors.
Doris celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary in the same year she welcomed her first grandchild. She now lives in Pasadena with a great view of the San Gabriel mountains — and the annual Tournament of Roses Parade.
She can be reached by e-mail: witsendob at (@) gmail.com
Report of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services
The expectations of a training environment are to get them in, get them trained, get them fit to fight . . . a sexual assault report stops this process momentarily . . . some leaders may view it as an inconvenience rather than a crime. . . . Although many leaders know how to talk about zero tolerance, the fact remains that many people’s behaviors don’t always match up, and that sends a mixed message to our younger folks. more »
WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, With and Without Humor
Although the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist was published in a New England Journal of Medicine article last January, it bears repeating. Not only is it in a pdf form to be used by surgeons, operating room staff and others, it can be found in a YouTube video; nervous giggling allowed. more »
Women Command Attention in Government, Hollywood and Broadcasting in 2009
Long time box office favorites Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep both starred in multiple hits raising the age bar for women in Hollywood. And in the broadcasting field, sixty-four year old Diane Sawyer will take her place in the anchor seat at ABC World News, making her the second woman to be sole anchor of the evening news in the United States. more »
Written on Water; Literature of the Sea in the Age of Sail
"My dear Louis. You are too far away — you are too absent, too invisible ... friendship is too delicate a matter for such tricks — for cutting great gory masses out of 'em ... Therefore come back. Hang it all — sink it all and come back. A little more a… more »
