Mary had a little lamb, her secret yet to show, and everywhere that Mary went her little lamb did grow.
Mary had a little lamb,
her secret yet to show,
and everywhere that Mary went
her little lamb did grow.
In my Paris post last week, I briefly mentioned a controversy over the pledge of allegiance not being included in the Veteran’s Day service hosted by Seattle Pacific University a week ago. The university chaplain cut the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as […]
In my Paris post last week, I briefly mentioned a controversy over the pledge of allegiance not being included in the Veteran’s Day service hosted by Seattle Pacific University a week ago. The university chaplain cut the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as the presentation of the colors because “there is a diversity of views on campus” and SPU was the subject of national contention. The school’s chaplain has even received death threats. What I find interesting is that the controversy was over whether or not people should be allowed to say the pledge of allegiance, not, say, whether a Christian university has any business holding or hosting a Veteran’s Day Service at all. (more…)
What happened in France is unbearably terrible. I had a protracted – and very public – PTSD episode where I was when I heard about the human-on-human brutality this afternoon. And also. The same thing happens every day in the Middle East with US bombs […]
What happened in France is unbearably terrible. I had a protracted – and very public – PTSD episode where I was when I heard about the human-on-human brutality this afternoon. And also. The same thing happens every day in the Middle East with US bombs and killer drones (the US has military in over 140 nations; it’s only going to get worse). Why, for example, no outrage over the bombing in Lebanon (did you even hear about it until just now)? Why no outpouring of grief, and sympathy and support for the 43 killed, and the 200 or so wounded in THAT bombing? Where is the grief, #prayers and #standingwith the 111 Palestinians – most of them youth/kids/teens/young adults shot and injured in the West Bank and Gaza today? (more…)
My compulsive and nervous-boredom-induced stroll down Facebook’s news feed every morning is revealing yet another up-the-wall-driving trend. It’s two-pronged and it’s going to make me look like either a Luddite or a very insensitive, butthurt jerk to point it out: a) celebrities […]
My compulsive and nervous-boredom-induced stroll down Facebook’s news feed every morning is revealing yet another up-the-wall-driving trend. It’s two-pronged and it’s going to make me look like either a Luddite or a very insensitive, butthurt jerk to point it out: a) celebrities “coming out” about their struggles with mental health and b) the glut of articles and blog posts, the volume of which is rapidly approaching the amount of memoirs (especially, horrifyingly, of people under 30) water-logging the creative nonfiction market, titled something like “What I Want The World To Know About Bi-Polar Disorder/Anxiety/Post-Partum Depression,” etc.” (more…)