Activism

In a hot auditorium in Charleston, SC on July 30, 1977, I heard Dr. Martin Luther King declare: "I'm not gonna say, 'Burn baby burn'!" I'm gonna say "Build baby build!"

Hello! Here is a roundup of some of the most interesting items from a very few of my favorite sites. I hope you find them interesting. _____________________________________________________________   TAKE ACTION   Join our nationwide display of progressive solidarity. For too long, conservatives have dominated...

There's so much hostility in our society and media...doesn't it just piss you off?!

A late update from the 2011 Irish Presidential Elections.

Education is a strange thing. It is not just putting together a few facts, learning the principles of mathematic equations or just simple math, stringing together a bit of his story and our story, something that often can’t be verified or understood but just taken for granted, dabbling in the sciences etc.

We shall see what decision was reached and what the reaction is. Your thoughts and comments are invited and welcome here, before, during and after the decision is announced.

Pres. Obama and  Congress have now turned to focus on passing financial reforms that are long overdue. Fox News and the Republicans tried trotting out the same Goebbels/Rove playbook on this one but it's really hard to convince people...

Last Thursday, The GOP released their "Pledge" to America and the only positive thing one can say about them after seeing what's in it is that Republicans finally have shown they believe in recycling. Their "pledge" was very general, promising...

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.

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...