This morning I had the Ellen show on in the background as I was puttering around on my sick day. Minnie Driver was on the show talking about an alternative to giving lame gifts that provide sustainable gifts for people in poverty.
These types of programs are a secular take on the Advent Conspiracy video I [...]
I found this through Crooks and Liars.
Please click through to Whiskey Fire and read what this person has to say. The most chilling observation for me was this:
Our local social services department actually hired fraud investigators at the same time that it was laying off child protective workers demonstrating conclusively where our values lie and [...]
On Nov. 5, 1968, Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.
On Nov. 4, 2008, Democrat Barack H. Obama won the presidency, defeating Sen. John McCain.
Such simple sentences.
Such profound messages conveyed. I don’t know if I can adequately convey how these two events represent [...]
This is guy is (unfortunately) absolutely correct. I have not not done this enough either locally or at the national level.
I need to start stepping up here. Anybody care to join me and give it a whirl? I know for those of us watching even out of the corner of our eyes it might seem [...]
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that my family of origin is very focused on the gift giving aspect of the Christmas celebration. In that post I mentioned that if I even thought about giving Heifer Project gifts to my mom it would be a scandal of epic proportions.
Turns out, not everyone knows what [...]
Last week I discovered freerice.com. A web site where you can play a word game and for every correct answer, the advertisers kick in money for 10 grains of rice. The guy who runs the site contributes the money to the United Nations World Food Program and they use the money to buy locally grown [...]
I suppose I’m probably really late to the party, but I heard about this site on NPR tonight on my way home from the theater. (actually it was on the Canadian Show “Future Tense” which is in the middle of “As it Happens” which has possibly the coolest theme song in the history of radio.)
This [...]
Please. Go here and read this.
I haven’t posted about this issue because as soon as I sit to write something my blood pressure just goes through the roof. And since I don’t have insurance currently in effect, it is incumbent on me (according to my fascist dictator supreme leader the president) to make “wise choices” [...]
From Poets.org. Written by Langston Hughes in 1938. Follow the link to learn about this great American poet. Still, sadly relevant. May this July 4th be a blessing to you and your loved ones, and may we always remember that the American Dream is not for only a privileged few. May our eyes be opened [...]
According to the Christian Alliance for Progress, there has been a formal apology from former leaders of an ex-gay ministry. CAPBlog doesn’t give any analysis or comment other than to provide links to two of the formal statements (here and here.)
For me, I give thanks to God that Michael Bussee, Darlene Bogle and Jeremy [...]
