Another catastrophe hits the Gulf Coast. A veritable ecosystems-destroying, this-region-will-never-be-the-same-again, absolute disaster. And all most of us can do is watch and wait with stress in our chests, sadness in our hearts, and lots of anger.
This is what collateral damage looks like.
There is so much to say, so much yet to unfold, and no way [...]
Both sides of my family are conservative and working class. Throughout the years, many an anti-liberal, anti-intellectual, anti-Democratic-candidate email forward has landed unwelcome in my inbox. I try to keep the peace sometimes, but I resent when others feel complete freedom to make their views known to me while I’m told to just delete the [...]
I love beer and sometimes I take pictures of my drinks. In honor of St. Paddy’s Day, here are some of my favorites.
Too often intellectualism has been treated as the mark of a schizophrenic–of someone whose thought processes are divorced from reality. But also too often have intellectuals refrained from truly translating their theory into practice, supporting the anti-intellectual’s case by default.
I often express the more poetic side of my nature in my free time, but somehow [...]
In Super Bowl XLIV, it was the first time the winning team had lost their last three regular season games. It was the first time a team kicked an onside kick prior to the 4th quarter. It was the first time a kicker made three field goals longer than 40 yards. It was only the [...]
In honor of this holiday, I am presenting some of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s own words. He was a truth teller and an activist in the best sense possible, not just on behalf of civil rights but for race relations, peace, and economic justice. I ♥ him. Here he speaks for himself:
“As I have [...]
I was a super hero
In a comic book city
Donned a costume of glasses and bright blazers
And fought with human strength
Supplied by a supply of drugs
And pride
I wore a crown of defeat every night
Driving toward comic book towers
Brightly lit, banked against an ominously colored sky
At home,
I curled up in the curved dome of my head
Suckered to [...]
My letter to the editor was published in BR’s Advocate on Friday, Nov. 20, and was the latest in a chain of letters discussing gay rights and discrimination. Here are the links below to the first few letters, and the link & text of my response. Thanks to everyone for the positive response!
Letter: Reader sees [...]
Sometimes it’s good to get outta BR, paddle in the swamp at night, go to the city and…put on a costume, give candy to strangers, fake-film people with painted cardboard and dance to techno while two male witches have words. Word of advice: if you can’t get a cab, best to just walk. If you [...]
Here’s the link to a recent story on NPR about a recently opened charter school in New York City called The Equity Project (TEP). They’re allocating their public funding to pay their teachers $125,000/yr while the principal earns $90,000. People may not get into teaching for the money, but that’s exactly the problem, so let’s [...]