Saving the Bay
I went to the Save the Bay film festival tonight at the Avon. I don’t have my writing hat on, so just a few scattered impressions– The theater was about 3/4 full, best turnout I’ve seen there for a long time. There was a short film about Save the Bay seal watch cruises. I never [...]
An Inspiring Sermon
Extending charity to Glenn Beck. A powerful testimony. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all the public figures who say they are Christian would try to out-do each other in following the teachings of Jesus.
Earthquake in Chile
Associated Press reported that a new apartment building fell over backwards, with the wall becoming ceilings and sixty people trapped inside. What sense can we make of this disaster? Wikipedia has the news and the geology in one site. Weeks ago churches and aid groups came forward for Haiti, and will again for Chile. There’s [...]
Hope
I’m driving around making nursing visits, listening to the health care news on the radio. It hurts to have my hopes raised again. This whole debate has been painful and deeply disillusioning. Not only with my politicians, but with my fellow Rhode Islanders who told me face to face that an America where some people [...]
Prove Your Patriotism–Buy a Hummer!
A couple of years ago I read in a nursing magazine that a Hummer dealer had donated a Hummer kiddy car to a children’s hospital, so the kids could ride into surgery in style. I was a bit sarcastic, I’ll admit. I’ve never seen a hospital unit that had unused space to store large objects, [...]
More Empty Words
A Colorado man with a history of violence had no trouble getting a gun, which he used to shoot two schoolchildren. It would have been worse if he had not been tackled by a heroic teacher. Math teacher David Benke says he had no time to fear for his life when he tackled a man [...]
Prejudicial?
The Supremes will be hearing a case brought by a Death Row inmate from the death capitol of the USA–Texas. Texas cherishes the unborn. Once you’re born you better learn to duck. Well, that’s a topic for future posts. Anyway, today’s New York Times has an article about the case. The judge who sentenced Charles [...]
Moon– Me Vida Local Video
Being married to a space cadet who has scores of books about the Apollo mission, I wanted to see the movie, Moon. It played briefly in Providence and I didn’t get out to see it, but it finally came to Acme Video on DVD. It’s pretty good, minimal explosions and some smart ideas. Sam Rockwell [...]
Real Courage
He was a Vietnam vet, a hard working family man. He was looking forward to retirement in a few years. He was working for us when he was murdered in an act of Anti-American terrorism. Who was he? He was Vernon Hunter, 61 years old, taken from his family and community by self-righteous hate.
Bearing False Witness
Forgive me my trespass, Steve Benen of Political Animal, for pasting so much of your post here, and readers, Washington Monthly is the place to go for Steve’s update on what’s happening in politics. I don’t usually rip off so much of someone else’s writing, but this post concerns Pat Robertson. Pat Robertson is in [...]
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