Grief on Christmas
This isn’t crazy. The young man I saw lying on the floor at the IMH, wetting his finger to pick up bits of dirt, which he ate– he was crazy. From ProJo.com… “Yelling, screaming, for us it wasn’t that unusual,” said Frank. But something about the voice on Christmas Day grabbed Diana’s attention. The woman [...]
Snow Day
Waking up with a sinus headache, grateful that work will start late today. It’s pretty outside but I’m glad I’m inside. I saw a man with an umbrella, walking his dog at the height of the storm last night. Glad I have a cat.
A Real American Holiday
Melonyce Mc Afee in Slate.com has an affectionate memoir about Kwanzaa past. Two things I like about Kwanzaa– it starts on December 26, perfect for procrastinators, and you don’t have to buy a lot of presents. It’s also made in America. But what’s more American than tweaking an institution to suit your needs? Some folks [...]
Merry Christmas, Rhode Island! We’re Not as Bad Off as Everyone Thinks We Are
My husband alerted me to a fabulous data analysis tool at The New York Times, which lets you view census data in color maps. The one that caught his eye, and then mine, was this one which shows the Change in Median Household income from 2000, which shows that all of Rhode Island has experienced [...]
START Ratified
A good day for reality-based foreign policy. A small step back from the abyss. From the Miami Herald… The New START Treaty would restrict the U.S. and Russia at the end of a seven-year period to deploying no more than 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads on 700 strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched missiles. That [...]
Nurses Honored for Service
From the Seattle Spokesman-Review via Pam’s House Blend… The Spokesman-Review December 21, 2010 6:13 p.m. – Updated: 7:58 p.m. Spokane nurse Margaret Witt had a huge surprise when she got off a flight for a quick day trip to Seattle Tuesday morning. She turned on her cell phone and found an e-mail invitation from the [...]
Why We Need Universal Health Care
From The Washington Monthly… THE GOP’S EMERGENCY-ROOM ARGUMENT LIVES…. I’d hoped we would hear the argument much less after the Affordable Care Act became law, but the notion that the uninsured can just rely on emergency rooms hasn’t gone away quite yet. Here, for example, was Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) on Fox News the [...]
Donate to RICLAPP’s End-of-Year Fundraising Drive
I just donated to the Rhode Island Center for Law and Public Policy. I am the treasurer of this organization and I challenge all of my friends to make a donation, because I know for a fact that RICLAPP is doing great work and contributing to a better community. Donate at http://riclapp.org/. If you enjoy [...]
Marvel Comics Too Subtle for Racists
On South Main Street there is a plaque that says, ‘With Great Power Comes Great Responsibilty, Stan Lee’. There’s a lot of comic book readers out there, but not in the White Citizen’s Council. Maybe they should get some milk and cookies and a flashlight and hide under the covers with Marvel’s Thor. I tried [...]
Cloudy
A pretty snowfall but doesn’t look good at all for viewing the lunar eclipse. I’ll set my alarm just in case, but no use arguing with the weather. Fortunately, a lunar eclipse is not that rare, maybe I’ll catch the next one.
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