One of the hallmarks of the new administration was to be its enlightened view of diplomacy. Talking to our enemies was to be the new approach,along with working closely with our allies and the United Nations. The results of this enlightened approach have recently begun exploding into the headlines. Iran announces it is a nuclear nation! North Korea restarts its production of enriched uranium! Our Russian allies do not support action against Iran.UN unable to reach consensus on action against Iran!

I have no doubt we all know at least one relationship with a nagging woman.  Look up the word nag and you will find nothing positive in the definitions or descriptions; words like anxiety, complaining, faultfinding, annoying, unrelenting, torment are what you’ll find.  Having been in a number of terrible relationships myself, I know the signs of abuse, and nagging is a form of abuse.  Women can be just as guilty of abusing their significant others as men.  In fact, emotional abuse can have far more damaging effects than physical abuse.  Nothing good comes from nagging.  

I stumbled upon this scene earlier in the week while on a political assignment. It struck me in the sense that the same scene could have existed twenty or even thirty years ago. Objects that used to be staples in our lives, such as phones with chords and cigarette dispensers, are now becoming things of the past.