I will never forget November 1989 and the joy of seeing the Berlin Wall come down in a Germany that, outside of history books, had always been two countries in my lifetime. Since 1961, when the wall went up overnight with no warning, families had been divided. You were on the side you were on …
Month: January 2017
Buy Your Own Stupid Wall
If 45 needs to build a border wall so he can have yet another ugly structure to slap his name on, then he can pay for it himself. He’s convinced himself that he’s a great business man and master of the art of making the deal; he can make a deal with Mexico for them …
Inauguration Day 2017
Today I am reminded of a little kid who wants to be a fireman so the local fire station arranges for him to come in for the afternoon and be an honorary fireman. Pictures are taken of him sliding down the pole, sitting behind the the wheel of the pumper wearing a real firefighter’s hat, …
The Silence Of Our Friends
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Fable Should Be Taught As Fable
There is some question as to if Hypatia really should be credited with this quote (rather than someone who lived more recently), but I liked the quote enough to share it here either way. Fable should be taught as fable, myth as myth, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truth is horrifying. …
Good Guy
I’ve been involved with conversations about gun rights, ownership, and responsibility more times than I can count in just the last month alone. Apparently, people still, after eight years, think that President Obama is going to scoop up all the guns on his way out the door. The N.R.A. sure has done a number on …
Be Prepared
I am curious. All these people who need to have guns in their homes to “be prepared” (for what? home invasion? zombie apocalypse? bears?) – are they also building bomb shelters? and flood water barriers? Are they building their homes from non-flammable materials? Do they have electricity? They’d need it for the alarms and cameras …