Yes, he really said that- but context matters
Every day we see them, quotes from the past that are meant to support current policies, ideologies and candidates for public office. Sometimes they are accurate, and meant exactly the way it reads....
View ArticlePro-choice without exceptions
My mom was a hippie activist feminist. The sort who communed nude with nature, and bought her 6 year old shirts with that wonderful quote about fish needing a bicycle. Part of that was being very...
View ArticleRocks, cars, knives and hammers
So there was another tragedy involving guns and people dying. It's heartbreaking and a lot of people have already expressed the collective sadness and horror quite eloquently. 9 people died in church...
View ArticleThe letter I won't send my son's father
My son's father is Republican. Not one of those nice old-fashioned Republicans who understood that part of being in a community meant that you had to pay taxes and care for your neighbors.The new kind...
View ArticleWe are not monsters
If you have enough "friends" on Facebook, you get to see every single stupid right wing meme that comes along.Recently I saw one that compared people to zombies.
View ArticleWords and phrases being misused right now
I'm sure you've all seen the Grammarly analysis of remarks made by the fans of various presidential candidates and how often they made mistakes.I know myself. I'm just as guilty of being lazy when it...
View ArticleI've got the blues in Alaska
Things have been shifting here in Alaska. It started with Joe Miller's defeat to write in candidate Lisa Murkowski- both Republicans, but one is a Tea Party darling and supported by Sarah Palin, the...
View Article
