Help me help the RNC
For some reason the RNC has sent me an e-mail giving me the exciting opportunity to weigh in on a confidential (shhh!) straw poll of their 2016 field of candidates:Friend, You are one of a handful of...
View ArticleDoing What We Can About Food Insecurity in Maine, and Beyond
I am a member of a group of Quakers and Episcopalians in a small central Maine town developing a multi-pronged approach to address food insecurity by examining both symptoms and root causes. We hope...
View Article"Eye Of The Tiger" Band Is Not Happy
Well, it's happened again: another "cease and desist" order is being contemplated over a song co-opted without permission.[...] Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” co-written by [Jim] Peterik and Survivor...
View ArticleKos, please spotlight the BOJOs (w/poll)
For not the first time, I was composing a response in a diary that turned out to be directed to someone who had been given the boot. In this case, it was a zombie (i.e. someone previously BOJOed who...
View ArticleTucker and Brian mansplain "sisterhood"
Many Super Bowl viewers enjoyed the rendition of “America the Beautiful" by Renee Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, and Jasmine Cephas Jones, who played the Schulyer sisters in the hit musical Hamilton....
View ArticleMy letter to Senator Susan Collins
I just sent this letter to my Senators in Washington DC, and while I don’t think Angus King needs to see it, I certainly hope it gets through to Susan Collins. It has been slightly edited to keep some...
View ArticleAnd we thought it was Michelle Wolf's fault
As we have been told, Michelle Wolf ruint the White House Correspondence Dinner.But not so fast: did you know it was already ruint?I had completely forgotten about that particular national nightmare...
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