“To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State.” It required a 3/5 majority to pass, and [...]
Posts under ‘Politics’
guns in church
Tonight on the evening news (ABC — here’s a written version) I watched a report on a church in Kentucky that recently held a “bring your gun to church” event. New Bethel Church in Louisville has a vision to “… build a fully functioning Christian community. That is Bible-based, Christ-centered, Spirit-certified, and culturally aware.” It [...]
SO SUE ME! Sarah Palin
I’m all for memes that poke politicians in the eye. So I’ve joined Dr. Omed, @tinydoctor on Twitter and Identi.ca, and hopefully others, in sending @AKGovSarahPalin Twitter messages every once in a while, letting her know what I think about her running away from Alaska and running back into a national campaign. From the good [...]
what did Title IX mean for you?
This week is the 37th anniversary of Title IX, the 1972 federal legislation that required schools to fund athletics equally, for males & females. When it went into affect only 7% of girls participated in sports. These days more than 40% of girls participate. It affected me. I was a freshman in high school in [...]
color as colors
I got teary last night, watching the news, looking at the green taped wrists of Iranian soccer captain, Mehdi Mahdavikia, worn during a World Cup game in South Korea. Small signs of support, of solidarity have always been vital, especially when words are silenced. The Iranian government has forbidden distribution of any film out of [...]
Sometimes a sentence is all I got
It’s shadows that make shape & form, tell the story, give secrets away. * * * {I know “it’s” not good English. What can one do, when the context sounds better wrong than right?} * * * What can one do, when context sounds right yet it’s clearly wrong on the page? * * * [...]
I seem to have a fetish
In the spirit of jocularity and the joy of the season, I thought I’d revisit one of Stoney Moss’ favorite topics (ok, I mean one of my favorite topics–I think the rest of you wish I’d just get off of it!): Presidential Pecks! Yes, that’s right, this is another installment from the series that brought [...]
having an adult in the office of presidency
I have to give credit to my husband for this one: one of the most significant things about electing Barak Obama is that we will have an adult in the White House again. We both count Bill Clinton in the childish-president category and not just two-terms of GW Bush. It’s true indeed. And it is [...]
gleanings from the web
“I had voted not because my doing so could change the outcome, but because voting would change me.” Teju Cole Teju Cole guest writing at The Cassandra Pages, Beth Adams’ blog. Go. Read.
election day haiku
Bits from voters swirl – wagers on democracy. Hope trumps past rebukes. I wrote this for Via Negativa’s call for haiku. Go, read and write some yourself.
