I’m serious about trying to be positive and build upon rather than to tear down. I’m taking tiny steps toward this end. Blogger and Tucson Massacre survivor yesterday called on all of us to something: The history is defined a little awkwardly right now, and I’m not sure any of us has it in […]
The Strength of a Woman in Tucson
This morning I read two blog posts by a Tucson blogger, a member of the BlogHer Network, and a survivor of recent shootings. Suzi Hileman, who writes The Burrow under the blogonym, Ashleigh Burroughs, is a new heroine of mine. She writes about walking through the vigil garden at UMC on Sunday evening with her […]
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Calls on Legislature to Do The Lord's Work
This is getting ridiculous. You can read it for yourself, here, but basically Governor Jan Brewer seemed to step over some political/religioius boundaries when in today’s replacement statement for the State of the State address she said, “With our faith and our courage tightly in place, we will step forward from this Chamber, dedicated to […]
Polarization and Hate Speech from Elected Officials, Talking Heads, and Each and Every Citizen Impacts Each and Every One of Us
I write this for myself as much as for my friends who are readers and wondering what my take as a Tucsonan is on the horrors of yesterday. My heart aches. My eyes tear up on and off throughout the day. Could I have done more to decrease the culture of hate and violence that […]
Arizona Shooting in Tucson Calls for Much Explanation & Investigation
The atmosphere here in Tucson is tense and emotions are running very high due the shooting of 18 people, including Congresswoman Gabby Giffords this morning outside of a grocery. I’ve gotten calls from friends wanting to make sure I wasn’t at the grocery store gathering where the shooting happened. I wasn’t. I could have […]
Giffords was TARGETED by Palin
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