All You Need is Love….And Unions
Just read this long piece by Kevin Drum about why unions improve life not just for union members, but for the entire middle class. The ultimate fact, as research in Drum’s article shows, is that politicians don’t do things for the middle class or the working class. We like to think Senators Whitehouse and Reed [...]
Clean Enough
Here’s a link to Mother Jones that answers the question–’How clean does that cat food can have to be before you throw it in the bin?’ It’s complicated, MoJo explains the fine points.
“Race to Nowhere” — Screening at Brown University on March 6
More details about the screening here.
Planned Parenthood Saves Lives
About twenty-five years ago, a young woman scheduled a job interview at a photo studio. She was a skilled retoucher who could make decent money fixing portraits with a graphite pencil and a sable brush. The studio was where the downtown Pawtucket pedestrian mall used to be, and right on the bus line. When she [...]
Watching the Sky
On February 18th I saw an especially vivid full moon coming up in the East, with brilliant ragged clouds in a sky so clear that through the city lights the stars shone like diamonds. On February 19th I saw the same circle of the moon on the Western horizon just ahead of the dawn. Large [...]
You Can’t Take the Sky From Me
The Year of the Rabbit is off to a good start. Joss Wheeden’s ‘Firefly’, the only TV worth watching with the exception of some PBS documentaries and most episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ has emerged from the black hole of series cancellation… (EW.com) — Browncoats rejoice: “Firefly” is returning to basic cable — and [...]
Myths about US Education that Hurt our Schools
Diane Ravitch was in Wisconsin last week, before all the trouble started with throngs of workers marching and the Democrats going into hiding. Ravitch spoke about why the current direction of our federal school reform movement is endangering education. From In These Times: President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have formed an alliance [...]
Coping
I just visited a high school friend who has worked almost thirty years delivering health care. She’s been on TDI and COBRA for almost the last year, slowly recovering from disabling health problems of her own. She’s trying to figure out how to navigate the insurance maze that confronts her as the COBRA runs out. [...]
The Future Boom in Mixed-Use Housing
I began receiving a newsletter from David Stookey, who seems to ask a lot of the same questions that I find myself asking as I try to navigate the future for myself and my family. This article in particular, about the likely increase in value of mixed-use housing, appealed to me because (you guessed it) [...]
One of the 8,000 Chemicals You Should Definitely Avoid
There is a growing awareness, particularly in our younger generation, that we need to do something about the 8,000 chemicals in our environment that are floating around unregulated. I am hoping for a generation of young warriors who will bring some level of safety standards to our environment and make sure chemical companies pay their [...]
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