Thursday Reads: Holder Witchhunt, SCOTUS and Health Care, Colorado Wildfires,...
UPDATE: Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act, Including Individual Mandate! Good Morning!! Since today is going to be a mostly serious news day, I’ll begin with a silly story. A new survey by the...
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Good Morning!! I just spent the last two days kid sitting for my two nephews, ages 7 and 9, and boy am I beat! Am I a great sister and sister-in-law or what? It may take me a day or so to recover....
View ArticleTuesday Reads: SCOTUS and Voting Rights, Iraq War Buildup, and Reno Saccoccia
Good Morning!! There’s a great big sloppy white mess outside my house this morning–something like 6 or 7 inches of heavy, wet snow. I’m not sure how I’ll get out of here; I may have to try to hire...
View ArticleThursday Reads: Aftermath of SCOTUS Voting Rights Decision
Good Morning!! This is going to be a quickie post, because I’m feeling kind of sick this morning. Although I’m thrilled with the DOMA decision yesterday, I still can’t get past my anger and sadness...
View ArticleThe World According to Fat Tony
There are so many things wrong with Antonin Scalia that it is really difficult to pick a place to start. Jennifer Senior interviews the man in black for NYM. To know him is to abhor him. For example,...
View ArticleTuesday Reads: Are Women People?
Good Morning!! Question for today: Are women human? Are we people in the eyes of our government? We’ve been told that corporations are people. We know that white men are people–that was established by...
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Good Morning! I’ve been sick the last few days and also busy trying to get the car fixed so I can safely drive it around town again. I’m going to have to make this shorter than usual because for the...
View ArticleThursday Reads: I Don’t Belong in This World
Good Morning!! I hardly know where to begin today. Following the news these days is like going through the looking glass into an alternate reality. So often in my life I’ve felt that I don’t belong in...
View ArticleLive Blog: Six Men Standing (and one dead Justice) for Tonight’s Republican...
Well, tonight’s Republican Debate will surely be a lively matter. CBS gets the honorsat 9 p.m. EST.First, there are only six candidates left and we’ve determined they pretty much hate each other....
View ArticleStormy Monday Afternoon Reads
Good Afternoon! We’re experiencing some really typical spring weather down here today! It’s going back and forth between torrential downpours and sun. Most of the surrounding areas and states are...
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