On Mother's Day, if you have a mother it's time to think about her and honor her. If yours is no longer with you, it's time to reflect on what you owe her and the times when you felt unconditional love. I'm fortunate: my mother is 90 and (God willing) will turn 91 after Memorial Day. She's in a very nice seniors facility and when I called the other day she said, "Joey, I have … [Read more...] about Songs Honoring Mothers
Mother’s Day Feeding Frenzy
What would the founding father of Time have made of the magazine’s breast-feeding Mother’s Day cover? The model for it, a 26-year-old woman, reacts to the uproar about the photo with her three-year-old son to observe that breast-feeding advocates “are actually upset” because it doesn’t “show the nurturing side to attachment parenting. This isn’t how we breastfeed at … [Read more...] about Mother’s Day Feeding Frenzy
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mothers Day to mothers everywhere. And, while we're at it, Happy Mothers Day for all those who've been called a" mother." … [Read more...] about Happy Mother’s Day
Blissfully Childfree
WASHINGTON - I'm so glad I didn't have children. Every Mother's Day affirms it. I've never understood the desperate fertility treatment dance so many women go through in order to have children that they can't conceive naturally. It's a miracle it's an option, but the torture of it all. But when I found out my niece and her husband finally conceived we cracked a bottle … [Read more...] about Blissfully Childfree
Equal Love Means Equal Rights (Memo To North Carolina)
This video says it better than 10,000 words could http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR9gyloyOjM … [Read more...] about Equal Love Means Equal Rights (Memo To North Carolina)
The Wrong Dog and Pony Show
Six years ago, I found a group of Koch intimates running stealth initiative campaigns in a dozen states and more. They poured millions of anonymous dollars -- seemingly coming from just three anonymous contributors -- into pushing their Frankenstein legislation on the unwitting citizens of said states. When the story came to light, the national media ignored it. (The New York … [Read more...] about The Wrong Dog and Pony Show
Romney Talks Marriage, Family at Liberty University (VIDEO)
Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney gave his long-awaited speech at Liberty University, and touched on marriage and family. Details from Newsy.com, which puts it into context: We embed. You decide... … [Read more...] about Romney Talks Marriage, Family at Liberty University (VIDEO)
Romney Backs Away from Supporting Same Sex Adoption Within 24 Hours (UPDATE)
I need to say it: in all my time as a political junkie I have never seen a candidate like the presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. It is mind-blogging. Yesterday he was WIDELY quoted as saying he supported same sex adoption. Now he has changed that position. This issue here is increasingly not the actual issues. It is whether anything he says can believed or remain … [Read more...] about Romney Backs Away from Supporting Same Sex Adoption Within 24 Hours (UPDATE)
France’s New Socialist President Hollande Has Three French Riveria Homes
Hey, these French socialist men-of-the-people sure know how to live in style: France's new Socialist president [Francois Hollande] owns three holiday homes in the glamorous Riviera resort of Cannes, it emerged today. The 57-year-old who 'dislikes the rich' and wants to revolutionise his country with high taxes and an onslaught against bankers is in fact hugely wealthy … [Read more...] about France’s New Socialist President Hollande Has Three French Riveria Homes
Balancing Act from Germany’s Angela Merkel
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Santorum Wants Romney to Use Same Sex Marriage As Campaign Issue But It May Not Happen
Former Pennsvylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who gave presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney a run for his mega-money during the primary season, is urging Romney to use President Barack Obama's stand approving of same sex marriage as a campaign issue. But its clear some in the GOP think it'd be off message. Santorum, one of the most polarizing politicians in a … [Read more...] about Santorum Wants Romney to Use Same Sex Marriage As Campaign Issue But It May Not Happen
Evoluting Fabulously (Guest Voice)
Evoluting Fabulously Raging Moderate, by Will Durst A thousand rainbows of congratulations to Barack Obama for bursting out of his own personal policy closet and fabulously proclaiming he believes "same sex couples should be able to get married." Sir! Welcome to the third year of the second decade of the 21st century, sir! You also might want to check out some of the … [Read more...] about Evoluting Fabulously (Guest Voice)
Splat! Moby Dick Lays an Egg
No modesty for those who occupy Wall Street seats of power as JP Morgan’s “London Whale” harpoons himself with a $2 billion loss, while his bosses (and the SEC) try to figure out when a hedge becomes a bet. We are back in the land of “They Must Know What They’re Doing or They Wouldn’t Be Where They Are,” annals of the clueless steering the mammoth (the captain of the … [Read more...] about Splat! Moby Dick Lays an Egg
Insane Anti Gay Rant Video (CONTENT WARNING)
There is nothing I can say about this video except 1. Be warned some of the context is not safe for work or younger ears 2. I can only assume (or hope) the speaker is mentally ill and thus deserving of sympathy But it is worth knowing people out there do say these kinds of things http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMANMIe0ZZI … [Read more...] about Insane Anti Gay Rant Video (CONTENT WARNING)
Quote of the Day: Mitt Romney’s Troubling Pattern
I'm with Andrew Sullivan on what Time's Joe Klein writes about presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney's response to the very old...OLD...bullying story whose legs Romney could have cut off by dealing with it as a more skillful and candidate politician could do. Klein points out the absurdity of Romney saying he can't remember an incident remembered by more than three news … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Mitt Romney’s Troubling Pattern
USA Today/Gallup Poll: 51% Agree with Obama’s Endorsement of Gay Marriage
A new poll finds that more Americans agree with President Barack Obama's position on same sex marriage than disagree with him -- although this still doesn't mean Team Obama doesn't face a new complication, since the controversy could change assumptions about electoral votes from certain states: More than half of Americans say they approve of President Obama's stance that … [Read more...] about USA Today/Gallup Poll: 51% Agree with Obama’s Endorsement of Gay Marriage
What Capitalists Don’t Know: Without Democracy, Capitalism Dies (Guest Voice)
What Capitalists Don’t Know: Without Democracy, Capitalism Dies by Craig Barnes In the 1990s renowned political scientist and author Ben Barber wrote in Jihad vs McWorld that global capitalism was at war with democracy. He was right, of course, and the intensity of that war has only increased since then. Global corporations are battling democracy’s environmental … [Read more...] about What Capitalists Don’t Know: Without Democracy, Capitalism Dies (Guest Voice)
VIDEO Animation: Romney Apologizes for High School Bullying
The latest video animation commentary from Taiwan's Next Media Animation is on Mitt Romney and bullying: … [Read more...] about VIDEO Animation: Romney Apologizes for High School Bullying
Romney the Bully
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In Latin America, Only Argentine Leader Stands with Obama on Gay Marriage (La Informacion, U.S.)
It is hard to believe, but according to this news roundup from around the Western Hemisphere from Spanish-language U.S.-based news aggregator La Informacion, just one Latin American head of state - Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner - has come out in support of gay marriage. According to the article, thanks largely to the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, … [Read more...] about In Latin America, Only Argentine Leader Stands with Obama on Gay Marriage (La Informacion, U.S.)