Yesterday was one of those days every adult has, and most of us would prefer to forget. It kept me from my computer (which crashed when the UPS got overwhelmed at dinnertime) and from blogging in general. It wasn’t until we got the machines recovered and re-networked today that I was able to make my [...]

Finally! Finally, finally, finally!

A Washington Post-ABC News this week found 51 percent of Americans opposed the [private Social Security] accounts, up from 41 percent in mid-March. Those supporting accounts fell to 45 percent from 56 percent in March.
The Post-ABC survey showed Bush’s overall approval rating stood at 47 percent, matching an all-time low.
Such polls have [...]

I just read this. The link is included in the article above. Please read it, and come back to this discussion.
I find Reza Aslan’s optimisim seductive, for I am an optimist at heart. But I see clearly that our own democracy is hag-ridden by religion, and religious fundamentalists. I wonder how we are ever going [...]

I learned something new today. Unlike most learning experiences, I didn’t like this one at all.
Molly Ivins’ column today mentioned the term “Christian Dominionists,” which sent me looking for a definition. Google took me to the website of Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance for an in-depth essay on this group, their aims, and the [...]

I’m suffering from it today, pretty intensely. So let me just refer you to another blog (Body and Soul) I ran across today through the good offices of AlterNet.org.
Jeanne’s latest blog entry has all the self-examination, insight, and depth I wish I could see in mainstream journalism. She and her readers are still examining the [...]

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I could wish for a better ending to the article as a whole, but the content is “must read” for anyone trying to fight the rising tide of conservatism….
In Praise of Prosperity
Quote of the Day: Among industrialized nations, the United States is at the bottom in functional literacy, even as only about a quarter of [...]

Not bad, for an inaugural attempt at the Sunday Talk Blog. If other duties didn’t call, we might be at it all day.
Thank those of you who have been reading along, as well as those of you who are surfing here after the fact. Please do feel free to leave your comments to any of [...]

"Why aren’t we, as individuals, clamoring for an end to
the Darfur catastrophe? Why aren’t we insisting on hydrogen fuel
technology? If we all agree that these things are needful, and if
that’s all it takes to convince our leaders to act, what’s holding
[...]

“While your point about it being up to our leaders to show us where we should be going is correct, it’s worth noting that in free societies, leadership reflects the will of a people, and changes with it.”
You’re right. We’re both right. I do look for examples in the leadership tier of our race because [...]