David Jaffe Gives Away $50 to 50 People at Food Pantry
Some wonders never cease. One such wonder is David Jaffe, friend, colleague and erstwhile blogger here at Kmareka. Some of you will remember David’s fabulous blogging here at Kmareka back in 2006 and 2007, when the world desperately needed voices like his to call attention to important issues and set the stage for new leadership. [...]
Plastic Surgeon General
Salon’s Dr.Ayala has a post on the weird assertion that the Surgeon General of the United States is not qualified because she is not a babe. What do they want, an aerobics instructor? Never mind that the first name that comes to mind for most Americans when you say ‘Surgeon General’ is the substantial C. [...]
Real and Counterfeit
Traffic is light in the center of Providence today, the Martin Luther King holiday is a chance for people to stay out of the cold drizzle, but I have visits scheduled. First stop, the West End. The patient’s wife is waiting at the door for me. It’s warm and uncluttered, but the apartment is dominated [...]
Why Poor People Support Pat Robertson
In Kmareka tradition of reporting the news before it happens– look for the wingnutisphere to find and circulate quotes from Haitian preachers blaming their congregations for the earthquake. Religion can be a refuge and a help in a disaster… Since Tuesday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake, hundreds of thousands of Haitians have slept out in the streets, [...]
Save Your Money for Chocolates
If you want to put your man in the mood for romance and impress him with your feminine charm, consider some really good chocolates. Do not fall for products advertised on the internet that try to fix what ain’t broken. In the tradition of drug companies that brew up all kinds of drugs that don’t [...]
What’s This?
Something is starting to come to life on a sunny day in January. It looks a little like pussy willows, but it’s a tree. Is it dogwood? I’ve been seeing robins all along. They’re the tough urban robins that don’t go south. They just carry little flasks of brandy and hang out near clothes dryer [...]
Neighbor to Neighbor
Yesterday NPR was full of stories about the logistical nightmare of getting rescue workers to Haiti. The only airport was a bottleneck, roads destroyed. Minutes count, and the big organizations can’t get through fast enough. Meanwhile, survivors of the earthquake are pulling away the rubble to rescue people trapped alive. “Where is the help?” she [...]
Oh the Wonders of Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates has finally written a memoir — based on the experiences surrounding her husband Raymond Smith’s death in 2008. From The Wall Street Journal: Joyce Carol Oates has published more than 50 novels, more than 30 short-story collections and an endless stream of essays and reviews—and that’s not counting her novellas, plays and [...]
Doomsday Clock
The Doomsday Clock has been moved back a minute, to six minutes to midnight.
Reality-Based Explanation
The Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian Earthquake were all acts of nature. The extent of the suffering and damage was worsened by human failings. In hindsight, the loss of life could have been far less if warnings had been taken seriously, but you would have to go back decades to unravel the tangle [...]
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