| Couples are broadcasting their breakups online while friends -- and lawyers! -- watch in amazement and horror. This is how life's big moments unfold on Facebook: Epic emotions are reduced to emoticons. Lauren's husband then warned her that he planned to "un-friend" her. ??So," she said, "I did it first. ? Call it ??War of the Roses ? on Facebook. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
