Open Letter to Elizabeth Warren
I want you to beat Scott Brown. We need you in Washington, not just for Massachusetts, but for the country.Right now, both you and Sen. Brown are flooding the airwaves with ads. It's kind of annoying...
View ArticleRace (check one)
We went to the ER Friday night, for a long ordeal of tests and re-tests. My husband was having chest pains and we needed to get it checked out. Luckily, all the tests showed that he's fine but it's a...
View ArticleBoston College: Students must stop dispensing condoms
It's not just Southern colleges that caught the crazy.Boston College threatens discipline against students distributing condoms.Boston College officials are threatening to take disciplinary measures...
View ArticleMonkeys and Income Inequality
This video, part of the TED series, has been making the rounds on facebook.To summarize for the video-impaired, the lecturer, Frans de Waal, a primatologist, ethologist, and professor of Primate...
View ArticlePatriarchy, Conservatism, and Kind Masters
Tom P's excellent diary on conservative yearning for stories of kind masters summed up a lot of what I've observed in patriarchal families - ones where Father Knows Best. The kind, benevolent father...
View ArticleAre Political Parties Still Relevant post-McCutcheon?
It seems impossible to consider that people who embrace creationism, authoritarianism, racism, sexism and countless other negative "isms" could be our allies. But are our interests more closely...
View ArticleBike Season!
Yes, for some of us bike season is all year. But for many, this is the time of year you bring out the bike, lube it up, and get back out into the fresh air. And many who don't have a bike wistfully...
View ArticleCycling: Road Rules
I've been meaning to write this for weeks, but I keep getting sidetracked thinking, "stupid things drivers do will get me killed one of these days!"And while I still maintain that the foremost rule is...
View ArticleSnowpiercer
Snowpiercer, a science fiction movie playing in limited release in the US is one of the best movies about class stratification I've ever seen.A short (no spoilers) synopsis:In the near future, humanity...
View ArticleOU Parents: Your son IS a racist.
Dear Parents of SAE members,I understand all this came as a tremendous surprise to you. You think your son is a wonderful boy, and you can't bear the thought that others might not share your view. we...
View ArticleThis is why we all need paid sick leave
Boston College has reported 120 students infected with norovirus, believed to be traced to one Chipotle employee who came to work sick. If you’ve never had norovirus, count yourself lucky. It’s a...
View ArticleDid you vote today? I did!
The polls were busy this morning, unusually so for a primary. Have you voted yet? Were the polls crowded?
View ArticleDo we really need police departments?
It’s a crisis. Police killing unarmed citizensPolice harassing people of color for petty infractionsPeople of color and poor people caught in a cycle of petty infractions, fines, failure to be able...
View ArticleThanks Obama Thursday
Today I’m focused on what a great President Barack Obama has been. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for being a voice for cooperation even in the face of bullheaded resistance. Thank you for...
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