The Greatness (Yes, Greatness) of Barack Obama
Apologies in advance for the quickie diary, but I'd feel worse, even remiss, if I didn't take a moment to share a little of Jon Chait'sThe Case For Obama, online today in New York. Chait was a...
View ArticleMonday Murder Mystery: Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent
Good evening, and welcome, one and all, to Monday Murder Mystery. I am very honored to try to substitute-hostess for the brilliant and...
View ArticleMonday Night Cancer Club: Surviving Holiday Stress
(for blueness, who scratched out my head when i had the blues.)Good evening, and welcome to Monday Night Cancer Club. My name is Avila, and I'll be your hostess this evening. If you've been diagnosed...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin, One Year Later
Exactly one year ago today, a young man walking home from a convenience store in Sanford, Florida was shot and killed. No crime was charged at that time, or in the days and weeks after, in the fatal...
View ArticleJudge Nelson's *Missing* Instructions To The Zimmerman Jury
This will not be much of a diary, but it explains so much to me, and hopefully, to others. Judge Debra Nelson did not instruct the FL v Zimmerman jury that:an aggressor cannot claim self-defense and...
View ArticleThe "Welfare Queen," The "Homeless By Choice": Reagan's Toxic Legacy
You remember the Welfare Queen, don't you? The welfare queen stereotype (circa 1976) is a picture that some whites still have in their heads about black women.The Welfare Queen lived very comfortably...
View ArticleMatters of Life and Death in the Republican Shutdown
Angry? Hell, yes. I'm mad . . . well, crazy-pissed might be more accurate. If you aren't, if you think this is political kabuki or "not in my backyard," then maybe you didn't know about Michelle...
View ArticleButterfly Woman: Do We Really Take Care Of Our Own?
Feed a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime."Hunger and malnutrition can never be considered a normal occurrence that we should be become used to, as if it...
View ArticleMonday Night Cancer Club: Patient Care Navigators and The ACA
Good evening, and welcome to Monday Night Cancer Club. Have you been here before? If this is your first visit with MNCC, welcome and please be comfortable.If you've had or have cancer, or someone you...
View ArticleMonday Night Cancer Club: Surviving Holiday Stress
Good evening, and welcome to Monday Night Cancer Club. If you've been diagnosed with cancer, or have a friend or family member who's been diagnosed, are undergoing treatment, or have joined Club NED...
View ArticleJust A Kiss Away
I write along a single line: I never get off it. I said that you were never to kill anyone, and I meant it....
View ArticleThank You, Secretary Clinton (Updated with Thanks To You)
Secretary Clinton, I will remember you. I’ll remember the lessons I’ve learned from you, and will always be thankful to you for teaching me and so many others by example, by inclusion, by grace, by...
View ArticleA Lake For Lin: Breath, Eyes, Memories
“Every thought we have is a tangible energy with the power to transform. A thought is not only a thing; a thought is a thing that influences other things.” -–Lynne McTaggartGood afternoon,...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Declining To Celebrate The Inauguration (House of LIGHTS) -...
UPDATE 1:30 PM ETIt’s over! Thank you to all who participated. :) Please read the beautiful and empowering"Let the record show I did not consent to this"byOnomastic. Hey, everyone.Thank you for...
View ArticleA Lake For Lin: Celebrating The Life of Linda McClure On Her Birthday
Good evening.Today would have been Linda’s birthday. She walked on exactly one month ago, on December 28, 2016. Linda left us far too soon, but the positive impact she made in her life and here at...
View ArticleTop Comments Saturday: What's the Story of Your Username? UPDATED w/ 5 More...
Usernames, so creative and sometimes perplexing. When I signed up here almost 13 years ago, in March of 2004, one of the many delightful surprises was an abundance of cleverly worded usernames. (Mine...
View ArticleNews from the Resistance - Boycott and Twitter Watch List
On Feb 17, 2017, anti-Trump Americans are staging a one day strike to protest the actions of President Trump. You can help by boycotting US business.Find us on Facebook @Strike4DemocracyFollow us on...
View ArticleTop Comments: 'And Still I Rise' Edition
Good evening, everyone! So it’s been about six or so (insanely long) weeks since the “transition of power” in the White House. Does it seem like longer to you? Me, too. If you’re not actively...
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