Here’s my confession: although I’m an Independent and usually vote Democrat, I seriously would have considered voting for John McCain if he’d gotten the Republican nomination in 2000. McCain appeared intelligent, open-minded, principled, and moderate. Then G. W. Bush was nominated, and, almost overnight, McCain started saying supportive, complimentary things about a man for whom […]
This is not a typical Brave Humans post, but I’m all about information. It’s a small thing, but worth thinking about. I wanted to pass this along because I’d gone more than 40 years and didn’t know this…
I’m writing this with my 5-year-old daughter. She’s an animal lover, and we were recently looking up information […]
Because of a recent discussion in my adult Sunday School class, I’m going to follow up Brian’s posting on Nuclear Options.
As I mentioned before, my Sunday school class is unusual; we often discuss political and social issues in light of our religious beliefs. The Iraq war is frequently mentioned, and, lately, concerns about Iran […]
I’m going to make some seemingly incongruous connections here, so stick with me…
Today my daughter was telling me about some photos she saw in her kindergarten class, and she described them as “breathtaking.” I was impressed at her word selection (far more expressive than “pretty” or “cool”).
Follow along…
Last night my husband and I watched an […]
Periodically, I get weird flashes in my head. Since they don’t incite me to perform anti-social behavior, I generally ignore them. This morning, though, a flash got me thinking…
Our local NPR station is having its fund drive, so this morning I was checking out different radio stations. I paused at an interview with Carl Levin […]
To me, life is gray. It’s not just because it’s winter in the northeast, either. It’s getting harder to say, “this is right; that’s wrong.” I just don’t see things in black and white anymore…the older I get, the grayer everything seems. Yes, I do still hate broccoli, that’s an easy one. But abortion? Capital […]
Hi all. Nothing about politics or religion today. No, this time it’s the morality surrounding health advances.
Truth telling first: the idea for this topic was inspired by a book I’m reading: “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult. It’s about a girl whose parents conceived her in order to donate her cord blood to her leukemia-ravaged […]
I’m supposed to be writing something else write now, but I foolishly checked the news on CNN.com one more time. Something got me so riled that I can’t go on until I compose this. I even have another post underway, but that’ll have to wait…
I read an article that discusses the national security issues for […]
Here’s an equation:
Democratic-controlled Senate + Democratic-controlled House + Republican White House = not much happening.
Call me pessimistic, defeatist, cynical, fatalistic, negative…choose your favorite adjective. I despair of partisan politics, which seems to be standard operating procedure in Washington. Perhaps because the other party is so “wrong,” perhaps because of party pressure, or perhaps out of […]
OK, some background: I go to Sunday school. I’ve never gone to an adult religious education class before, and this group focuses on thinking about and exploring religious issues; it’s not traditional Bible study. Anyway, this Sunday, Dec. 31, we’re all supposed to bring in a message or prayer for peace to usher in […]
