In the president's speech this week in Tucson, at the memorial service for the fallen who were victims in the Gabbie Giffords shooting, he urged us not to continue attacking one another and made a fervent appeal to our better natures.  I was moved by his sentiment, and I… Read full post »

      “We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class, of necessity, in every society, to forgo the privileges of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks.… Read full post »

As my Jeep slows onto the ferry dock behind the other cars, I find myself parked next to, of all things, a Pepperidge Farm delivery vehicle.  For a moment or two I think nothing of it -- just a pleasant, almost giddy surprise, right?  No big deal.  Hah!  Who cares?  There… Read full post »

Having Sarah gone is like finally being at a Safe House and out of a DV relationship, and then suddenly having that inexplicable longing to go back to it. Because even though it was brutal and would have killed you, it was at least familiar. Or was… Read full post »

I don't want to go all Sarah Palin on your ass, so let me see if I can reel this space frog in - the latest press release from the marketing geniuses over at Conservacorp (the GOP camp) is informing the American people that it is the poor themselves who are… Read full post »