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Sabrina Harman, Abu Ghraib Photographer
2008-03-20 15:57:00 In some ways, it feels fun to me to talk about Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton because, all inter-party jabbing aside, they are both about hope and both about a better future. It’s fundamentally a question of what flavor of hope suits your particular fancy, and that fancy can be liberal or conservative, as indicated ... More About: Abu Ghraib , Photographer , Sabrina
A Band-Aid Approach?
2008-03-20 15:41:00 Today’s New York Times features an editorial that proposes a seemingly common-sense solution to reduce the influence of the pharmaceutical peddlers: Countering the Drug Salesmen A potentially useful antidote to drug company influence over the prescribing practices of doctors is under consideration in Congress. The idea is to have government-funded health professionals visit doctors to give unbiased ... More About: Politics , Band , Pharmaceuticals , Band-Aid , A Band
Tips for a Healthy Crucifixion
2008-03-20 01:49:00 I wonder if Mel Gibson ever spent Easter in the Philippines… MANILA (AFP) - Philippine health officials Wednesday warned people taking part in Easter crucifixions and self-flagellation rituals to get a tetanus shot first and sterilise the nails to avoid infections. Every Good Friday in this predominately Roman Catholic Southeast Asian nation dozens of men re-enact ... More About: Health , Spirituality , Tips , Healthy , Crucifixion
Marriage as God Intended
2008-03-19 13:05:00 When my parents married it was a minor scandal. The Church frowned on it. There were promises extracted before they were allowed a ceremony at all. You Rhode Islanders probably know what I’m talking about. She was Catholic, he was Episcopal. It took some persuading to get a priest to do the wedding, but the marriage was for real. My parents celebrated their fiftieth a couple of years ago. It’s clear that Someone blessed their union. My sister once said that she thought the State should get out of the marriage business entirely and just do civil unions for everyone. It sounded radical to me, but as time goes by it makes more and more sense. Here’s a story from a God-fearing nation that hews to Biblical principles… One day last fall, a young Israeli woman named Sharon went with her fiancé to the Tel Aviv Rabbinate to register to marry. They are not religious, but there is no civil marriage in Israel. The rabbinate, a government bureaucracy, has a monopoly on tying the ... More About: Marriage
From Kenya to Kansas, Barack Obama Talks About Race
2008-03-18 18:23:00 This speech is just incredible. It actually made me weepy at the end. The whole experience question gets turned on its head when you listen to Barack Obama talk about his life experiences, and his awareness of the racism mixed with the love all around him as he grew up. Here is ... More About: Politics , Elections , Environment , National Security
Moving to Bigger and Better Digs
2008-03-17 23:22:00 UPDATE: Our cyber-move is complete and all appears to be well. I’m looking forward to posting on substantive issues again, rather than being so focused on site administration. Many thanks to those who have made donations to keep us going! ORIGINAL POST: After a couple of bouts of server overload and several discussion with ... More About: Finance , Moving
Donating to Kmareka
2008-03-17 16:43:00 My latest post in which we solicited donations for the first time since becoming a blog, seems to have gotten temporarily displaced in the move, so I’m providing this one for now. Many thanks to those who have donated. Your contribution will help us continue to read, write, learn and discuss here on Kmareka. More About: Finance
Advice to Prostitutes From the Kama Sutra
2008-03-16 00:01:00 I have no idea what Elliot Spitzer was thinking when he decided to break his own laws and pay thousands of dollars to rent a young woman?s body. Did he think she was secretly attracted to him, that she was doing this because old guys who pay for sex are irresistible? Was he wanting ... More About: Advice , Kama Sutra , Sutra
This Cultural Shift Is Sponsored by Eli Lilly
2008-03-15 16:04:00 All cultural shifts are not created equal. When the culture shifts to the point where most Americans no longer find it unthinkable or undesirable for a woman or a black man to become President, that is progress. That is cultural growth. However, in a different milieu, when the culture shifts to the ... More About: Sponsored , Pharmaceuticals , Shift , Cultural
Kristens of the World Unite
2008-03-14 13:54:00 Okay, I’m not a Kristen, but I’ve been mistaken for one on first encounter more often than not. So are all the Kristens of the worlds cringing this week, as Eliot Spitzer has his way with our name? Here’s my positive reframe on Spitzer. At first, I was really mad, really disgusted. I ... More About: World , The World
Newport Review Announces Flash Fiction Contest Winners
2008-03-12 17:48:00 The Newport Review , a small online literary publication, (disclosure: I’m on the board) recently announced the winners for their flash fiction contest: Newport Review is proud to announce the winners of our 2007 Flash Fiction Contest . We are especially excited to be publishing two new writers this year: Emily Oliver, a student at Pitzer College ... More About: Winners
Expecting More from School Lunches
2008-03-10 19:11:00 UPDATE: Andrea Iannazzi of the Cranston school committee has asked that I be appointed to the school’s wellness committee, so we will definitely be talking about hosting a screening of “Two Angry Moms,” among other issues. Be sure to contact me with your wellness concerns for kids in Cranston. ORIGINAL POST I recently discovered that ... More About: Education , Finance , Barack Obama , School , Nutrition
George Bush Seeds the Lies on Obama
2008-03-09 01:42:00 This short Youtube video shows George Bush providing his opinion on Barack Obama , saying, “I certainly don’t know what he believes in. The only foreign policy thing I remember he said was he’s gonna attack Pakistan and embrace Ahmenijhad.” The videographer goes on to show how both of these claims are completely false, ... More About: George Bush , Lies
Strange Bedfellows
2008-03-08 23:28:00 When the Hillary Clinton ad agency picked stock footage of a sleeping child for its red telephone commercial they had no way of knowing that the child had grown up to be ? an Obama campaigner! Via the Huffington Post, check out an interview with Casey Knowles, now a high school senior, who makes it clear ... More About: Elections , Barack Obama , Strange , Strange Bedfellows
To Barack- Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
2008-03-06 13:56:00 Now is the time when we need to decide whether we will huddle behind our borders, waiting for the red telephone to ring, or whether we will engage with the world and address the problems that lead to terrorism. More About: Eyes , Barack
Now?s the Time, Yes We Can
2008-03-05 03:18:00 Myrth York and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse were greeting voters at the door. Hard to beat that kind of star quality, but I picked up a lawn sign and waved it to represent the Obama campaign. More About: Elections , Time , The Time
Cranston Schools Cut 8 Million
2008-03-03 15:14:00 School committee member Steve Stycos has sent an update on the cuts that the school committee has made in order to get their budget ready to send to the Mayor and City Council. A number of administrative positions have been eliminated in the process of moving the 6th graders back into the elementary schools. ... More About: Schools , Million
Obama Will Win Providence
2008-03-01 23:40:00 Based on a scientifically unproven measure, the random lawn-sign survey, 2/27–3/1 Upper Hope St.? Clinton sign in front of The Providence Center (public property) Four Obama signs in yards Doyle Avenue? Clinton sign in front of the McDonald?s Two Obama signs in yards Branch Avenue? Clinton sign in front of strip mall No Obama signs seen Pawtucket No Clinton signs seen Two Obama signs in yards Westminster ... More About: Politics , Elections , Barack Obama
Matt Jerzyk Live-Blogging Obama Rally
2008-03-01 20:56:00 We went and stood in line to see Barack Obama at Rhode Island College until about 1:30, then I decided to bring my younger daughter home, but the rest of my family and some friends stayed. Hopefully they are enjoying Obama live and in person right now. I’m enjoying the show via Matt ... More About: Elections , Blogging , Rally
Canvassing for Obama, February 28, Kennedy Plaza
2008-02-29 15:20:00 This time I walked to Kennedy Plaza and held up my sign. I was really feeling the love. Contrary to all my previous experience distributing literature, I didn?t need to chase anyone. People came up to me. More About: Politics , Elections , Barack Obama , Obama
I?m Not a Doctor, But I Play One on TV
2008-02-28 18:33:00 This really bites. He?s not only not a cardiologist, but he didn?t even do his own rowing. More About: Play , Doctor
At Obama HQ-Wednesday, February 27, 4:26pm
2008-02-27 23:54:00 A girl called out to a handsome, brown-skinned boy, ?Barack Obama !? You don?t have to be that good-looking to get elected, but it doesn?t hurt. More About: Elections , Wednesday , February
Obama Returns to L?il Rhody
2008-02-27 21:47:00 I saw Barack Obama speak at Roger Williams Park on a beautiful fall day in 2006, when he was campaigning for Sen. Whitehouse and the rest of the Rhode Island Democratic candidates. It was inspiring stuff — enough to get this tired 38-year-old mommy holding a sleeping baby to hoot and holler. Now ...
Lyndon LaRouche on my Doorstep
2008-02-27 16:41:00 How could I resist a headline like, ?Is the Devil in Your Laptop?? Such a promising title, such impenetrable writing. More About: Politics , Housing , Lyndon
Diplomatic Dress
2008-02-26 00:04:00 While noting the excitement over a photo of Barack Obama in traditional Somalian garb, I recalled that somehow, somewhere, I had seen a picture of President Bush wearing a lovely blue silk tunic and a strained smile. Donning the costume over his suit for the obligatory ?family photograph? alongside 20 other leaders of Asian and Pacific ... More About: Dress
At Obama HQ
2008-02-25 15:42:00 Why Barack Obama ? Lately I am impressed with his consistent statements that he will open talks with nations we are in conflict with. We?ve had eight years of ?shoot first and ask questions later?.
?A Poor Substitute for Democracy?
2008-02-25 15:03:00 Leave it to the great historian, Howard Zinn, to remind me of my progressive roots and to remind us all that elections are a fundamental part of democracy but are not a substitute for democracy. From The Progressive: [Election frenzy] seizes the country every four years because we have all been brought up to believe ... More About: Politics , Elections , Democracy , Poor
In the Absence of Trust
2008-02-24 17:52:00 Trust matters. If an individual cannot trust those upon whom they are in some significant measure dependent, that is a problem. In families in which there is incest, it is not unusual for the non-offending parent (if they know or suspect what is going on) to overtly or covertly encourage their child to ... More About: Trust
Brighter Days
2008-02-24 14:16:00 Wouldn?t it be great to tell the rest of the world, especially those nations that don't like us, that they can keep their oil, we don?t need it. More About: Days
Getting on Board with Barack Obama
More articles from this author:2008-02-24 01:38:00 There are many reasons why I am choosing to support Barack Obama in the March 4th primary in Rhode Island. His foreign and domestic agenda is strong and his voice is genuine. He speaks as an experienced legislator, but also someone with an open mind, someone willing to learn. He is giving us a ... More About: Board 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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