From The Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty on 8/9/06: We are very pleased to bring you some exciting news. Today, the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates – following in the footsteps of the American Psychological Assn and the American Psychiatric Association – unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the execution of mentally ill …
Alec and I have been watching him since this article: Antic Evergreen grad finds spotlight The Last Comic Standing might be a Geoduck. Josh Blue, an alumnus of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, is one of five finalists on the NBC reality show, which airs at 9 tonight. “So far the show has been …
I recieved an email from Mike Lee Dear Mrs. Clayton, below is a link to a video i composed and posted on youtube, i invite you to take a look at it. Your support is amazing, thank you for all you do. I asked Mike if I could share it here in my blog and …
For Brochu, whose résumé in multiple mediums is mind-boggling–actor, playwright, director, book author, agent, producer–a lifetime of acclaimed accomplishments doesn’t mean he can now relax. He’s currently embarking on what he admits is the biggest acting challenge of his life: He wrote and performs in /Zero Hour/, a two-hour solo play charting the glorious yet …
In response to this July 30, 2006 New York Times editorial: A Senate Race in Connecticut John Aravosis writes in his americablog: We are turning into a police state. No, there are no ovens and mass executions in America. But if people believe that the only lessons we learned from World War II, from fighting …
World Can’t Wait is organizing people living in the United States to take responsibility to stop the whole disastrous course led by the Bush administration. We seek to create a political situation where the Bush administration’s program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking …
Alec and I went to see and hear wonderful Bump Kitchen this afternoon at Lacey’s Huntamer Park in Woodland Square. We had heard them once before briefly (2 songs I think) at a fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina victims. I didn’t buy thier CD then, and regretted it so I went online and ordered it from …
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, though he says he never told his superiors he was gay and his accuser was never identified. Bleu Copas, 30, told The Associated Press he is gay, but said he was …
If you are from a dysfunctional family, you have either received or written a letter like this. Don’t waste any more of your valuable time digging deep into the depths of your soul to tell your family off. Instead, let me do all the hard work for you. You just sit back, take a load …
A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that same-sex couples have no right of marriage under the state constitution, rejecting claims by 19 couples who sued to overturn a 1998 state law that strictly limited marriage to heterosexuals. and “We are disappointed. We were hoping for a victory,” said Jeff Kingsbury, an Olympia City Council …