These gas prices are driving me batty. I wish we had better public transportation as an alternative. I almost think that going back to horses is perhaps not a bad idea.

But then I remembered this clip, which is probably not that far off from reality.… Read full post »

Often when I pick up my daughter from her school, she likes to walk out with her classmate.  Today, her classmate had to go back to the school for a bathroom break.  I had a cranky and hungry 1 year old I had to get home, so we were… Read full post »

Earlier this spring, my daughter told me about a disagreement she had with a friend at school.  The kids were apparently doing some typical family role playing game (they sometimes say, "let's play family").  The discussion of marriage had come up.

My daughter had suggested that two of th… Read full post »

Occasionally I find myself reading through the comments at Joan Walsh's Salon blog. It doesn't take long to learn there is a vocal anti-Joan contingent that lay all Salon's failings at her feet.

Honestly, I don't have strong feelings on whether Joan is doing a… Read full post »

So there's been a big brouhaha in Seattle over the fact that two women kissing at a baseball game were asked to stop because it made someone uncomfortable. It's been a mild shocker that there are still such nasty attitudes in gay-friendly Seattle.

I'm not going to go into the/… Read full post »

I'll go along with the mainstream media and declare that the general election campaign season has officially begun!

So, now what?

Five months of rough and tumble fun!  Or something...

Seriously, even though I am NOT a fan of John McCain, I think that one positive of him being… Read full post »

We all know that tomorrow (Tuesday) marks the end of the primary season. As we've all done since early February, we speculate the end of the Clinton campaign. I've personallly predicted Clinton's imminent demise at least twice.

It does seem to be that the moment… Read full post »

I posted a long piece about the NARAL Pro-Choice America endorsement of Barack Obama. I said it was wise for NARAL and I commented on some of the strong* responses from pro-choice Clinton supporters.

I hadn't considered that my frustration to these angry reactions went beyond/… Read full post »

NARAL Pro-Choice America has endorsed Barack Obama. Thank goodness!

NARAL has done the right thing. First, they were right not to take sides earlier in the primary. For many advocacy groups, particularly unions, aligning with a candidate early in the campaign is part of the game.… Read full post »

Late yesterday (Wednesday), Salon posted a presidential running mate quiz for Obama, and if hell freezes over, Clinton.  (Sorry Clinton fans, but only something catastrophic will make Clinton the nominee.)  Answering a handful of questions, the quiz ranked the selected running mate possib/… Read full post »

One of my favorite cartoonists is Keith Knight. For years he's drawn and written the weekly K Chronicles, a semi-autobiographical weekly comic that I never miss a chance to read at Salon.com.

Today is the first day of his new daily strip, The Knight Life.

The Knight Life has started/… Read full post »

Yesterday, John McCain caused some trouble for one of his chief chearleaders and potential running mate, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), by saying:

"The bridge in Minneapolis didn't collapse because there wasn't enough money. The bridge in Minneapolis collapsed because so much money was spent on wasteful… Read full post »

Today I went to the neighborhood co-op that I've been going to for 6 years.  I brought back four glass bottles that have a cash return at $1.50 each.

When I get to the milk fridge, the bottled milk I prefer is again completely out.  (Apparently the dairy is/… Read full post »

Someone has already remarked that the cool Salon writers are here.  Due to the inviting for the beta test, it sounds like some version of the cool Table Talkers and Salon.com letter writers are also here.

Already, one of my favorite letter writers has appeared as an editors' choice. … Read full post »

This is reproduced from my Who Can Say? blog...

At least we know now why it took Al Franken's accountant a couple of weeks to get to the bottom of the California tax problem!

The headline says it all: Franken owes $70,000 in back taxes in 17 states

Was somebody recently… Read full post »

In Minnesota, there's been a stream of allegations surround Al Franken's business practices.  First it came out that his company didn't pay workers comp insurance premiums in New York for a number of years.  He got a $25,000 fine.

Now, the state of California has levied back taxes against… Read full post »

I don't have anything to say at this moment.  That is, except that it is April 26 and it's snowing in Minneapolis!

Just a bit has fallen on the ground.  But it's there and it's cold.

I was going to participate in an arbor day planting today.  They said/… Read full post »