People from all over the country are heading to Washington,D.C. this week. A bit further on Idiscuss meeting with three of them heading across country to Occupy DC. October 6th marks the 10thanniversary of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. Ten years ago we were mourning theattacks on New York City, the District of Columbia, […]
Repeal Day, Now We Just Need to Repeal a Couple More Things
Happy Repeal Day! 12:01 a.m. today, a few hours ago, the right of all citizens to serve serve in the military and defend the Constitution and the people of United States has been restored. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell finally goes away. A person’s sexual orientation is no one’s business, and yet for the last 18 […]
Put a Sales Tax on Wall Street Transactions
Just read a NYT’s article by Nancy Folbre, an economist, and professor at U. Mass. – Amherst. One of the reasons that have been given for the disrepancy between sales and “investment” taxes is that investment supposedly builds our future while sales tax is all about the present, material and implicitly is irrelevant to building […]
Booming BlogHer Batman!
Hey Folks, I was at #BlogHer11 in Sandiego (yes, this is a hashtag to use on Twitter) from August 4 thru 6 then took a week off to figure out a stay sane plan for the coming semester. No, I have not gone back to school. My husband is taking a sabbatical this semester and […]
U.S. Late-Boomers are the Last Generation Living to Remember When Choice Became Legal
As a Late Boomer I’m telling my story. This post is cross-posted from my blog, Build Peace, which is participating in a blog carnival today organized by two Hoosier-based blogs, What Tami Said and Shakesville in support of Planned Parenthood which, as you know, is under siege from Right Wing extremists. Check out the Blog […]
A Told You So Moment from the "ME" Generation
“Boomer volunteerism has increased during the past few decades. The volunteer rate for young boomers, ages 46 to 57, is 30.9 percent, significantly higher than the 25.3 percent recorded by the same age group in 1974 and the 23.2 percent recorded in 1989.” — PittsburghLive.com So how do you like them apples? Looks like we […]