Susan Reimer - baltimoresun.com

Both sides now: Judy Collins on life after alcoholism

Susan Reimer — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Singer talks about her drinking and her son's death

It was April 1978, and singer Judy Collins hadn't had a inspirational thought in four years.

Obama might wish he hadn't met 'Julia'

Susan Reimer — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT

'Julia' slideshow makes the Republicans' point above the nanny state

Meet "Julia."

Maurice Sendak lit up dark corners of childhood

Susan Reimer — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:44:00 GMT

Not everything in childhood is bowls of mush and little old ladies whispering "Hush," and Maurice Sendak understood that.

Religion and politics, but no fireworks

Susan Reimer — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Column evokes dismay at course of Catholic Church

Unless you want a fight to break out at a cocktail party or a family reunion, conventional wisdom has it, don't talk religion or politics.

What would Jesus do? Not stuff like this

Susan Reimer — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Catholic Church seems determined to wound and exclude

It is no fun being a Catholic woman these days. In fact, it is almost embarrassing.

Student loan debt traps parents, too

Susan Reimer — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:20:00 GMT

Many are buying more college than they can afford

Just as parents and their high school seniors are about to sign those college acceptance letters, there is news that unless Congress acts by July 1, the interest rate on federal student loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

From Cartagena to Vegas, partying on the taxpayers' dime

Susan Reimer — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT

The $822,000 Vegas bash and the $47 prostitute

It has been a tough news cycle for taxpayers.

Being a woman is hard work

Susan Reimer — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:19:00 GMT

'War on women' isn't new – we're still fighting the same old battles

Well. I know I speak for many women when I say, "Thank heaven that's settled."

Case closed: Teen pregnancy is poverty's offspring

Susan Reimer — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

The complex link between poverty and teen pregnancy

There is good news — and some familiar bad news — in recent research into the stubborn question of why our babies have babies when it is such a spectacularly bad idea for both mother and child.

Welcome return for boomerang kids

Susan Reimer — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT

More young adults are moving back in with their parents than ever before, and if a recent think tank report is correct, both generations are OK with this.

Keep your friends close, your enemies on a list

Susan Reimer — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Hate a bunch of people or things? There's an app for that

It used to be that only presidents had a list of their enemies, and if you were on it, it was a kind of a badge of honor — as long as you didn't mind having your tax returns regularly audited.

You want fries with that lottery ticket?

Susan Reimer — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:30:32 GMT

Pink slime notwithstanding, sometimes the only fast food that will satisfy is a McDonald's hamburger.

The driving force behind high gas prices: me

Susan Reimer — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Restless Americans fuel oil appetite

Gasoline prices continue to climb, and the Republican presidential candidates would have us believe that this is the direct result of President Barack Obama's energy policies.

With Mega win, life would be a beach

Susan Reimer — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

I had the money spent before I bought the tickets. That's how sure I was that my friends and I were going to win the Mega Millions lottery Tuesday night.

Sympathy for an accused murderer: What war will do to you

Susan Reimer — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Why is it easier to feel for the man who allegedly gunned down civilians than for his victims?

I am ashamed to admit that my heart aches for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, and I feel almost nothing for the families of the Afghan men, women and children he is accused of killing.

Fighting the war on sanity

Susan Reimer — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Soldier accused of Afghan killings sparks sadness, victims less so

I am ashamed to admit that my heart aches for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, and I feel almost nothing for the families of the Afghan men, women and children he is accused of killing.

Closing the book on Britannica

Susan Reimer — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

With updated information available instantly online, the era of the encyclopedia is over

In 1797, the Shaw of Persia received a set of Encyclopedia Britannica to celebrate his elevation. He read it in its entirety — it was shorter then — and in celebration of this accomplishment, he added "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the Encyclopedia Britannica" to his list of titles.

Dads and diaper makers hug it out

Susan Reimer — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:35:00 GMT

Ad campaign depicting clueless fathers leads to online protest – with a happy ending

A stay-at-home dad, offended by a television commercial that made dads look like dummies, has used social media — the same cudgel that forced Bank of America to back off last year from plans to hike fees — to get the makers of Huggies disposable diapers to take the ad off the air.

Women will remember in November

Susan Reimer — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMT

GOP candidates will pay a price for alienating half the electorate

Democrats must believe they are in the middle of a lovely dream — and they must hope they never wake up.

New refrigerator brings chance to thaw old memories

Susan Reimer — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:40:00 GMT

Appliance is welcome addition, but I will miss all of those magnets

My laptop was my most devoted companion during two months in a wheelchair with a broken ankle, so of course I took the opportunity to buy a new refrigerator. Online.

After all these years, relearning 'please' and 'thank you'

Susan Reimer — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Helplessness following an injury brings reminders of the meaning of friendship

"Please" and "thank you." Teaching those words are the first steps parents take in the civilizing of their children. How to ask for something politely and with humility and how to express gratitude for something freely given.

Some memory changes in aging brain are normal

Susan Reimer — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:53:00 GMT

Hopkins psychiatrist points to steps that may slow or prevent dementia

Dementia and its evil twin, Alzheimer's, may have moved ahead of cancer on the list of most feared diseases, especially among baby boomers, who have begun to believe it is their inescapable fate if they have the bad luck to live too long.

For lacrosse parents, a tragedy too familiar

Susan Reimer — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:52:00 GMT

The mix of pressure, prestige and alcohol that led to the murder of Yeardley Love by George Huguely strikes too close to home

For some of us, the pain of the dual tragedies of Yeardley Love and George Huguely is intensified by the fact that both children are so familiar to us.

Warmer winter wakes up the garden

Susan Reimer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:19:00 GMT

Springlike weather has some itching to plant

If this warm winter weather has you confused, think of the poor plants.

Women need to speak up about birth control

Susan Reimer — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:09:00 GMT

Contraceptives have improved the everyday lives of millions

Where are the women?