Category Archives: Political/Cultural

All Snakes Day 2011

I’m not Irish–I’m not even really a Druid–but I’ve had a lot of Irish folk (ok, mostly men) in my life. I was married to one, handfasted to two others (waves at J.D. Murphy, A.A. Kelly, and the other guy–never … Continue reading

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Ask what you can do for your Community

As I was riding home in the car this afternoon, I heard the piece on NPR about today being the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. What makes this anniversary special is not so much what happened … Continue reading

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Mob Rule in California on “The Root”: About Proposition 8

My response. For safekeeping, I stored my response, complete with added hyperlinks, on my blog today. Well I feel better now! (Kudos to the original author of the “The Forces of Good™ vs. The Forces of Evil™,” by the way. … Continue reading

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“Guest” essay by Philip Pullman

This was written by the children’s author for the Times Online, then yanked from their website and scrubbed from Google Cache. I think it’s important enough that it should be widely distributed. If Mr. Pullman objects, I’ll be happy to … Continue reading

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