We soldiers of all nations who lie killed.
Found this in the May/June 2004 Adbusters: We soldiers of all nations who lie killed Ask little: that you never, in our name, Dare claim we died that men might be fulfilled. The earth should vomit us,...
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Ever since we first invaded Afghanistan & Iraq, I’ve seen these “War is not the answer” bumper stickers. I like the sentiment, even if I may not always agree with it. As I’ve said before, I’m not...
View ArticleI Walked to the Grocery Store Today
or, How Walkable is Your Neighborhood? I’ve been walking to the local grocery store recently. Mostly because I think it’s a waste to get into my car after having driven home simply because I don’t have...
View ArticleYet another discussion of femininity in this race
heh, didn’t originally mean race like that, but it works that way, too. A recent book is out, called the New Feminized Majority: How Democrats Can Change America With Women’s Values. I’d like them to...
View Articleon “4000″
All the news (and blogosphere) seems able to talk about today is the fact that the official number of American soldiers killed in Iraq since we went back to war there has reached 4000. There was not...
View ArticleMy Pilgrimage to Nonviolence, by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
[wp_youtube]k04KzgYRKrE[/wp_youtube] In place of the regularly scheduled Leaving the Garden series, I bring you Dr. King’s difficult journey that ultimately led to his acceptance of nonviolence and the...
View ArticleOne Particular Harbor
I grew up listening to music that was not what is generally considered age-appropriate. (Guy Lombardo, Tom Lehrer, Peter Paul & Mary, for example.) Jimmy Buffett was one of them. This song always...
View ArticleMusic Monday: the Grave
I was listening to this the other day while packing and it made me cry (as it always does). If anything could make me a pacifist, it would be this song: Don McLean’s the Grave...
View ArticlePragmatism v. Idealism
We make sense of the world and our relation to it through the stories we tell. Back in my young and wild Mormon days (riding bikes with the gang down the street of Japan, doing drive by conversions),...
View ArticleSpark: Heavenly Mother & the Celestial Glass Ceiling
A fascinating discussion/speculation about the position of women on earth and how that mirrors their position in heaven. Includes speculation about what might have been the course of humanity if the...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Christopher Walken is awesome
This is from years ago but truly, absolutely worth it: Lyrics (and, if you follow that link, here’s the final frame)
View ArticleSparks! (I’m Back)
For a few weeks when I first stopped being able to find time to blog, I kept windows open in Safari to the point that it was neigh on impossible to shut down my computer, for fear of losing all the...
View ArticleOMG, go watch Kings, now.
It’s got it all: atheism, spirituality, god, scifi, and good music!! Hulu’s got the first four eps up right now (and it doesn’t keep them forever), so go catch up. It’s too smart and too well written...
View ArticleObama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize: He almost deserves it.
“Wow!” was my initial, unbridled reaction when I read about the Nobel committee’s selection of President Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize. I was in bed, reading the news on my iPhone, and leapt out to...
View ArticleBook a Day, Giveaway 010: Informing the Future and 011: Freedom in Exile.
Sorry for my absence this past week! I’ve got some catching up to do! I’m giving away two books today in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today. The first is Informing the Future: Social...
View ArticleSome thoughts on “Patriot Day”
So, I’m struggling with the fact that today has been designated, and is commonly referred to, as “Patriot Day.” (most folks leave off the unwieldy “and National Day of Service and Remembrance”, which I...
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