At the recommendation of a fellow Southerner, I'm currently reading a book I should have read long ago - Tony Horwitz's Confederates in the Attic.
It's one of the most honest representations of the Southern psyche I've yet to read, without...
Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be put to death for his monstrous crimes or spend the rest of his miserable days confined in a small cell?
I went to the All Souls Procession Sunday night. True, Día de los Muertos was last week, but hey, Tucson operates on its own time. It is no small irony that the liveliest I've ever...
A quick look into an Irish Presidential debate which I attended on the 20 October.
Suddenly, unaccompanied children are pouring across the border from Mexico. They are not all from Mexico but from Honduras and other Central American countries. Where do we start to end the crossings?
We are “responsible for the greatest trust ever confided to a political society.” (Patrick Henry) But as polling demonstrates the American Public has shirked its responsibility in failing to be the informed electorate that John Adams believed was the foundation of any democracy.
As an LGBT member this is something very important to me. I'm thrilled by this.
From Think Progress: Marriage equality is now legal in the nation’s capital.
This morning at the All Souls Unitarian church in Washington, DC, approximately 150...
A federal judge today blocked many of the key provisions of the Arizona Immigration law. Score one for the Constitution and rationality.
Aside from the aspects of this law that institutionalized racism (giving BS lip service to, "We won't racially...
NEW JERSEY – The state Senate denied marriage equality to all its citizens. The marriage equality bill failed to pass in a 20-14 decision despite Democrats holding the majority. Senators James Beach (D-Camden), Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen) and Steve Sweeney...
9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980------From the early Sixties in clubs in Germany and Liverpool, England, to his murder in New York City. From The Quarrymen to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and a little stint with a group known as the “Beatles.”
Remember, enjoy and have a weekend of your choice.