Monkey Bread
My writing about politics and current events has been in a long summer drought. I didn’t check out of the info stream because I was so consumed with summer vacations […]
Tag Archives: Supreme Court
Sandy Hook
It is disheartening how little impact the mass murder of 20 elementary school children has had on gun regulations. Increased background check legislation stalled, restrictions on automatic weapons and military […]
Mercy
The other night I watched a movie about lateterm abortion. It was a documentary called “After Tiller” that followed four doctors who were colleagues of Dr. George Tiller the abortion […]
Daggers
I am very disheartened. I can’t even muster any rage at the Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act today. Representative John Lewis called it “a dagger in the […]
Frenemy
The Supreme Court ruling today on the Voter Rights Act is shocking. I am still reading and listening to analysis so I will refrain from ranting at the moment. One […]
BRCA
My husband and I were talking about the BRCA gene mutation the other day after a visit from a cousin. She has the gene, got breast cancer and had a […]
Stimulating
Stimulating the economy is the only possible silver lining for the level of political spending that is going on right now, in July, of an election year. When the Koch […]
33 1/3
As much as I would like to be talking about music, I am instead compelled to write about the 33rd house vote to repeal health care reform (that’s ACA to […]
Social Contract
I am so disappointed in the way the Supreme Court case over Affordable Health Care Act is playing out. There is nothing good coming out of this discussion. As is […]
Provocative
I spend some of my time at work helping people brilliant in another field understand emotional intelligence. Unfortunately, I am less Master and more Grasshopper when it comes to implementing […]
Free Speech
Discussions about free speech come up regularly in our house. We all have strong opinions, follow politics and current events, which leads to wide-ranging topics. The most recent was prompted […]
Personhood
I could have just as easily called this post “Doublespeak” or “Having your cake and eating it too”, but I am too irritated to be literary or historical right now. […]
