‘Ithaca 50′ will be heard in New York’s highest court today

Jason Seymour, Steve Schalchlin and Jason Hungerfordin a warm hug on a beautiful day in Washington DCduring the Millennium March for Pride week 2000. We were & are involved in Youth Guardian Setviceswhich was launched by Jason Hungerford in January 1997. ********** ‘Ithaca 50′ will be heard in New York’s highest court todayMay 31, 2006 …

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Religious scholar Karen Armstrong talks about today’s religious conflicts and how the past can help

Of course, compassion is not always a popular virtue. Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don’t want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity. And that becomes dangerous. Then you get a clash of warring egos. and … I think we’ve …

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The TCPronet Annual Picnic

Today Alec and I went to the second annual Memorial Day Networking Picnic of the Thurston County Progressive Network (TC Pro-Net), a local organization dedicated to uniting the efforts of area activists. Here is the big tent. Our friend and ally Rep. Sam Hunt was making a great speech. and here is Alec tabling for …

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Friday with Catherine

Friday was a fun day to hang out with Catherine. We went to Centralia ~ a small town (pop. 15,340) south of Olympia. We visited Book Quest which was fun. Then the Visiting Nurses Thrift Shop and the Goodwill store. Before heading home to Olympia, we went to dinner at La Tarasca, an excellent Mexican …

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What If They Gave a War…?

Tony Long writes: It was a lousy year, 1968. I was in high school then. I quit the baseball team because, frankly, sports seemed frivolous. In 1968, there were more important things to worry about than perfecting a curveball. All very high-minded and, in retrospect, more than a little pompous. But nearly 40 years down …

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