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 […]
As Emily Latella Would Have Said, "What's all the fuss about this Gerry Manders, and what does the Beaver have to do with Politics, anyway?"
Sometimes I think I should have named this blog Peace Bitch. I do a lot of bitchin’. I try not to whine or moan, but I do bitch. Today I spent some time thinking about migraines, sexual harassment in the House of Representatives, business cards, and hair color, and cats. The last three items are […]
Blogging About The City I Love: Happy Birthday Tucson!
Click to get info and grab badge. I am celebrating my town’s birthday along with thousands of other people in Tucson, Arizona. It is a month long birthday party. The cyber party starts today and runs through the end of the month. Tucson, Arizona has been my home for the past 22 years. My paternal […]
Remember
I once had a little white on black button from the Holocaust Museum in D.C. that simply said, “remember.” My husband borrowed it, and I never saw it again. Somehow that is fitting. Things don’t last. Things vanish. But memories are different. We keep them and review them in grief, and for comfort, until they […]
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 […]