I live and breathe politics far more than is healthy to do. I don’t do this because I love politics. I do this because I am profoundly concerned that the wonderful idea that was our representative democracy at its inception is in peril. Peril. Real, no b.s., train is bearing down on you, and you […]
Day Late and a Dollar Short
My timing sucks! I came down with the flu, aches, chills, cough, the whole enchilada, right at the time the political and news editor of BlogHer suggests that I write a counterpoint to a member post on the site in a comment to that post. Thank heavens Mona Gable wrote a counterpoint piece. I only […]
Iconic Figures Receive Presidential Medals of Freedom
What an amazing group of people honored at the White House today! Those bestowed with the Medal of Freedom included: Bob Dylan, Juliette Gordon Low, Toni Morrison, and John Glenn topped the list of those honored this day who touched my life and are household names for large swaths of the America public. I get […]
My Body, My Vote
I decided that I have to be more active in making sure that women do not lose the rights we in the United States have gained over the decades since we were chattel without a vote and without control over the functions of our own bodies. To help all of us and future generations I […]
Snotty Noses and Political Boogers
We have to become political again. It is sort of like when as a mother you see a runny, crusty nose, and you just have to get a tissue and wipe the said snotty nose as you hold down the offending child so as not to allow escape. Snotty noses are the province of mothers not because mothers love snot, but because we care about the kid. Politics must be the province of mothers, not because we like politicians, but because we love democracy.
Zombies! IP Deny Those Brain and Bandwidth Eaters.
Gotta love the attention getting factor that any exclamation of “Zombies!” carries. The CDC even understands this one. They used an outbreak of flesh eating zombies to reach a difficult to engage demographic group with information about emergency preparedness. I can’t believe I didn’t know about this until I Googled “Fox News Zombies.” And look […]