I don’t like exercise machines. I hate treadmills. But I live in the northeastern U. S., and due to family responsibilities, I have to exercise EARLY in the morning, so from late fall to early spring I run indoors while it’s dark outside. And I hate it.
Outside I can look at the neighborhood, at […]
Liberals want gun control; conservatives are pro gun ownership.
Conservatives are anti-abortion; liberals are pro-choice.
Democrats push for government intervention in everything; Republicans want small government.
Republicans are fiscally conservative; Democrats are spendthrifts.
Do you hate generalizations as much as I do? Do you dislike stereotypes? Are you tired of people putting words in your mouth?
You know what? I […]
You learn something new everyday. (Well, I seem to.) There’s an article in Time Magazine this week that discusses voting rights of American noncitizens.
Voting rights? I had no idea that noncitizens could vote, but here are the facts as laid out by Time:
• “The Constitution leaves voting rules up to states and cities…”
• “…from […]
So, what’s the scandal du jour? Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank, has recently admitted that he “signed off on Riza’s [his girlfriend’s] promotion and salary increase without a review by an ethics committee nor the board’s chairman.”
To his credit, Wolfowitz has admitted to the action and stated it was a mistake. As I […]
Many posts ago (“And Now for Something Completely Different”), Rick commented that each person has a line he won’t cross. Do I? This was an interesting challenge for me since I also wrote “Shades of Gray,” suggesting that I don’t see topics in black and white as I did when I was younger. But do […]
The members of my Sunday School class are at it again. Well, actually, this time it was the pastor. She sent us an article about opposition to the Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act, currently “in committee” in the House. Sponsors of this act want to create a Secretary of Peace and Nonviolence who oversees […]
Remember the old phrase, “Don’t talk religion or politics”? If you stay away from such topics, you’ll get along; there will be no arguing. Like many clichés, it doesn’t tell all…there are plenty of other causes for conflict (in the family in which I grew up, that’d be sports). Also, like a lot of […]
Introduction: This post is a follow-up to a follow-up. Two of the websites I’ve sited here are extensive; I say that not to discourage you from seeking them out but to know that I’m not even attempting to summarize them. I’m just commenting on some points that struck me. I suggest you to hit the […]
The other day, my five-year-old said to me, “Mom, wouldn’t it be awful if we could all do everything perfectly?” Having spent the day sorting through a mass (mess?) of data for my dissertation, I was thinking, “Actually, honey, no, I’d like everything to go smoothly.”
But I knew where she was coming from. She’s just […]
Mitt Romney, candidate for the Republican nominate for president, was recently criticized at an event for being Mormon.
When I first heard this clip, I thought, I can’t stand religious intolerance. This is America and should be open to all religious faiths (or lack thereof).
My second thought was, Would I vote for Romney? Well, maybe […]
