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 …
Last week Alec and I went in for our annual medical check-up. Our doctor’s secretary asked us to fill out new paperwork and the first question was “Do you have any current complaints?” Alec wrote: “Yes, George Bush Jr. is still in office.” They all loved it, and they told us that about 40% of …
I found this New Zealand Quaker meeting statement of Affirmation and Reconciliation about the inclusiveness of sexualities, especially gays and lesbians from the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance website religioustolerance.org: New Zealand: The Quaker meeting in Aotearoa is called “Te Hahi Tuhauwiri.” This was the name gifted to them by the Maori Language Commission in …