The savage beating and sexual assault of a 17-year-old boy last weekend was horrible beyond comprehension (WaPo):
Investigators said Tuck and Turner dragged the Hispanic youth into the back yard between 5 and 8 a.m. Sunday, beat him with their fists and then, while he was on the ground, began kicking him in the head with […]
No matter how I look at this coming Monday’s planned boycotts, they strike me as a very bad idea (Houston Chronicle).
Organizers of a May 1 immigrant boycott of businesses nationwide said Thursday they intend to proceed despite signs that the plan has divided immigrant rights groups and could produce […]
June 1 is coming — the start of yet another hurricane season, and Polimom feels stuck in one of those spiral “thingies” they have at the malls, where you set a coin on its side and watch it travel down into a funnel - faster and faster….
Will the Gulf Coast be hit with another Rita […]
One of the nice things about having started a second blog is that I can get a different perspective on who is reading about which issues, judging from google search terms. (There are some drawbacks, too, but that’s a different post…)
The traffic between this blog and Polimom Too is quite different, because P2 goes out […]
This is just too bizarre for words (The Spain Herald):
The Spanish Socialist Party will introduce a bill in the Congress of Deputies calling for “the immediate inclusion of (simians) in the category of persons, and that they be given the moral and legal protection that currently are only enjoyed by human beings.”
And you thought the […]
Monday, US Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson came out very strongly about the public housing in New Orleans, and who should be allowed to come back.
The many Polimom readers who are concerned about New Orleans will be totally unsurprised to hear that I had some fairly strong opinions about his statements.
I posted them at Polimom, Too […]
Hard to keep track of who’s a Democrat and who’s a Republican the last couple of days, have you noticed?
First came the Republicans, pouncing on their oil sponsors:
In a letter released Monday, Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee urged Bush to order a federal probe into […]
Donklephant has a fabulous post today about religion, the Christian Right, and whether we’re sliding into a theocracy. Here’s a snippet:
And before anyone accidentally or willfully misinterprets my position, I am not calling for the Ten Commandments to be posted in courthouses and creationism to be taught in our schools. What I seek is […]
I must not be functioning at full capacity still. I’ve read this article 3 times, plus what other bloggers have to say about it, and I’m totally out of step with everyone. Hopefully somebody can help me here (from WaPo):
For emotional wallop, there are few rivals to the windswept, grassy field outside of Shanksville, Pa., […]