Word: mollye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When somebody said the chef did have a great touch with omelets, Molly made the sort of face I became familiar with when our own children were growing up. I associate it with a painfully evocative phrase that one of my daughters used at an early age for food she...
Why does Molly shudder at the thought of eating eggs? Because several years ago, she saw the most famous antidrug commercial ever aired. The spot opens with a shot of a raw egg while a voice says, "This is your brain." The egg is then dumped onto a sizzling griddle...
But, you might be thinking, the commercial still did some good for Molly: she must have the lowest cholesterol count in the entire sixth grade. I wouldn't know about that. One of the many pleasant characteristics of my conversations with Molly is that she never talks about cholesterol.
No, the lesson I would draw from Molly's problem with eggs is that old one about unintended consequences. It's the lesson that was always drawn from the Soviet propaganda film of cold war legend that had been intended to demonstrate the brutality of strike-busting thugs beating peaceful...
Given the possibility of unintended consequences, should Molly's parents let antidrug messages through? What about Martha Stewart? Would throwing a V-chip block on Martha Stewart be extreme? Maybe. But how would they feel if they arrived home one day and found Molly arranging fall foliage into a perfect...