Bush’s Positive Legacy
April 17, 2007
In America, we tend to naively consider politicians to be pure embodiments of either good or bad forces. We seldom view their acts as the products of fallible humans. One bothersome side effect is our personal selective editing of the legacies of every President depending on our political allegiances. For those Presidents we like, we
Reading Liberally 4/16
April 16, 2007
Reading Liberally meets Monday 4/16 at 7pm. Drinking Liberally regulars Gloria and Andre have kindly offered to host. Soup will be served starting at 6:30pm. Please feel free to bring munchies and/or beverages of your choice, both with and without alcohol. The book, if you haven’t read it yet, is Ghost Planes by Stephen Grey.
New Squidoo Lens for AZ CD 8
April 15, 2007
I decided to try my hand at putting together a Squidoo Lens (a special site for bringing together internet resources into one page) for following the votes of Representative for CD 8 Gabrielle Giffords (D – AZ) and news and information about her. The result is online and I invite you to visit and shoot
Repeal the Red Menace
April 13, 2007
When the last time you worried about the international communistic conspiracy? Unless you are rather outside the mainstream of American politics, it’s probably been nearly 20 years since you’ve considered communism a genuine threat to our way of life. But yet, as with many other obsessions and scares, our political history remains in written in
My Lifetime by Francine Shacter
April 13, 2007
Francine Shacter, former candidate for the Democratic nomination to Congress in CD 8, recorded this commentary on the enduring ideals that define the Democratic party and the need to reconnect with our role as the champions of the average American. Francine looks forward to reaffirming in 21st century those bedrock values that made the American
The Way Down South
April 11, 2007
I only very rarely can honestly say that I absolutely agree with every word of an article I have read. It is rare that an author states what I already believe to be true, and it is an extra special treat when an author is able to actually change my mind and get me to
DFA Peace Forum
April 10, 2007
Mohur Sidhwa Speaks Out on Theocracy vs. Democracy
April 9, 2007
Our own Mohur Sidhwa, Chairperson the Democratic Party in LD 28 and First Vice-Chair of Pima County, recorded a commentary recently on science and religion and the necessary separation of the two. Mohur grew up amid sexism and religious intolerance in the land of her birth and escaped to a place she expected to be
