I have been ranting about income disparity for years. (I encourage my denomination, the United Church of Christ, to have a conversation about poverty and economics, By the way). I…
This Piece Has Been Coming For A Long Time… I have spoken of Deering frequently in these pages — mostly about people who have gone there, been touched by the place,…
I hate it when friends fight. A day or two ago, I posted on Facebook something about Obamacare and the insurance companies response to it. People are still fighting about…
I just saw two brothers in my office this evening who had — between them, in a week — pushed a kid, accidentally slammed a kid’s hand in a locker,…
My friends Sean and Bob and I got into it yesterday about politics on my blog. In the end, I felt battered and exhausted, and I don’t think that was,…
I have already begun to see petitions for having people arrested for sedition after this latest shutdown. This is one way of handling this last crisis, but I’m done with…
I was listening to NPR this morning on the way to the train and there was a long piece about the Syrian government possibly using Sarin gas on its opposition…
Once again, I was reading the Huffington Post, and once again, some bigot in government said that people who use welfare or food stamps or some program or other are…
Random! (Or maybe not) Thoughts at 10,000 hits… As of this morning on my way to work, I finally achieved 10,000 hits (views) on my blog. I say “finally” because…
With one sentence, it was over. “We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty”. I don’t know what to say about the end of the Trayvon Martin case. Mr. Zimmerman…
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