Subtitle: Is this what smaller government looks like? AKA Spending his way out of the doghouse The following is an excerpt from a commentary I’ve submitted to several publications. … The inadequacies of FEMA can be traced back to President Bush who undermined the progress it made under President Clinton by appointing a political […]
“If we can’t respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the gulf for days, then why do we think we’re prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?” Newt Gingrich Contrary to what some Bush supporters think, that his critics are now trying to blame him for the weather, no […]
Donating money to The Red Cross for the victims of Hurricane Katrina is all well and good, but the satisfaction I felt doing so didn’t compare with that of preparing a personal care package for someone in need that I’ve never met. I did this recently when I learned that a Floyd couple would be […]
Some folks feel protesting is wrong, that you should mind your own business. But when the biggest earth mover in the world shows up at your gate, you suddenly realize that industry regulation is your business. ~ Author and poet George Ella Lyons, talking about strip mining in coal fields of Kentucky. If a family […]
I had lunch with one of my dearest friends yesterday, a poet and an environmental activist. Although she’s more than 20 years older than me, she remains faithfully active, while I have become somewhat burned-out, fed-up, and a little apathetic when it comes to world affairs. Over our Indian rice and dahl, she recommended an […]
Small town group of peace pro-fessers on March 19th, 3rd anniversary of the Iraq War. This photo (or one just like it) made it on the front page of our local newspaper.
I don’t hide my politics. I don’t think of them as something separated from the rest of my life. The laws that politicians make directly affect my personal health and welfare, as well as my civil and human rights. During the 2004 election, an African American man was being interviewed by a nightly news reporter. […]
