By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Photo by Haraz N. Ghanbari for the Associated Press I’ve used the same gesture countless times to bring errant kids (or a husband) in line. But on the President of the United States?Last week, in a photo shot by Haraz N. Ghanbari for the Associated Press, Arizona’s Republican Governor, Jan Brewer, was caught wagging a finger directly [...]

By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this column, click the play arrow below.I thought I was finished with graduations.Yes, I still have kids in school, but personally, my last graduation took place quite a while ago, after an intense four years of college. Like graduation from elementary and high school, that one was a passage into a new, exciting world full of promise and potential. But recently, I received another [...]