To all my friends out there who may be cheering the impending shutdown of the Federal government: Please note that this shutdown will also shutter most of the District of Columbia’s city government. We have no control over our own money, so Congress’ petulant bickering will result in trash not getting collected, many social services …
Reading stories like this one about how a growing number of U.S. citizens question man’s role in global climate change has me worried about not only the future of the world, but also the level of intelligence and education amongst not only the doubters, but also the legislators who seem to be guided by short-sighted …
That a basic, seemingly inherent human and civil right – the right to equality under law – can be put up for a vote is abhorrent to me. And that rights that have been granted by government can be taken away via referendum is doubly abhorrent. The scary side of referenda reared its ugly head …
Here are a few things that have me asking what’s the matter with society: Please, please, please send Marion Barry to the political pasture – preferably to jail! His continued “devil could care” attitude toward paying back taxes sets a ridiculously bad example, and violates his current probation. That the people of Ward 8 continue …
I read a newspaper story today that said “The world hasn’t stopped turning since the towers came down and the Pentagon smoldered and the earth was torn in a Pennsylvania field.” Yet for the Republican party (and certain Dems and “independent Democrats”), it’s as if the world did stop, then and there. Or if it …
With these words in John McCain’s speech, he revealed the entire focus of his campaign and his party: “We have to catch up to history.” So he says that we need to catch up with something that’s inherently in the past. Sure, John. Yup. Okay. Is it any wonder that many folks around the world …
As if you can’t tell from my political musings of the past, I’m no fan of the modern-day GOP and its pandering to extreme elements: misguided evangelical zealots, the hyper-rich, and those who lead by division, rather than by unity. Sen. McCain has had moments of independence from these forces, but in the end he, …
I’m sorry, but John McCain was a POW over 30 years ago. That’s a lot of time for recovery, and he seems to have done just fine compared to some Vietnam vets who are still suffering from PTSD and other major psychological and physiological side-effects from their service – and sometimes imprisonment – in Viet …
It’s been five years since George W. Bush and his theocon cronies, with the complicit support of congressional Democrats, brought the United States to war with Iraq. A needless war. A senseless war. A deliberate diversion from the real war on terror and the pursuit of Osama bin Laden. A war that was more about …
(That said, I didn’t vote for him.) A transcript from IM this morning – it sums up the whole thing rather well. The Scene: me, riding my bike back home after a pre-dawn ride at Hains Point, about 6:55 am: I was coming up 22nd St., and it was closed between M and N. I …
