Gabi Clayton Here is the real political story, the one most politicians won’t even acknowledge: the reality of the anonymous, disquieting daily struggle of ordinary people, including the most marginalized and vulnerable Americans but also young workers and elders and parents, families and communities, searching for dignity and fairness against long odds in a cruel market world. …
I saw this on my friend Elliott’s blog and decided to try it – MyHeritage.com has a cool demo of face recognition. You upload a photo of yourself or family members and it will tell you in a few seconds which celebrity looks just like you ~ or who it thinks does… So here am …
Gerald Ford is dead. Every time I get a chance to turn on the TV, I am incessantly reminded of this fact. His body is lying in state on the same structure that has held up every dead president’s body since Abraham Lincoln. His widow constantly has a military honor guard to support her, sometimes …
While many of the big stories in 2006 were bad news, there were hundreds of activist successes in 2006 that permanently changed the world. and Activists won dozens of small and not-so-small victories for human rights and the environment in 2006. The fabric of the world is woven out of small gestures . . . …
Teaching answers to standardized tests should not be called “education,” especially when problem-solving will be the most important tool for a generation of students destined to inherit the incredible problems we will leave as our legacy. and Rote memorization of answers to tests will not prepare anyone for this mess we leave. Furthermore, it defies …
Noel was about three and a half or so here, and Bill was about two. I think. (They were 19 months apart.) That’s me in the background. The gingerbread house was from my mom. She made it in New York City and sent it to us in Mississippi. The kids loved it. But when they …
I find it telling that Vice President Dick Cheney hews to the hard conservative line on virtually every social issue, except gay marriage. It is, of course, no coincidence that Cheney has a daughter who is a lesbian. Which tells me his position is based not on principle but, rather, on loving his daughter. RULE …