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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Uneasy Lies The Head…
Staying in other people’s houses is always a trip. I can’t always sleep well in strange places, so a lot of the time I’m up at the crack of dawn, tiptoe downstairs trying not to wake anybody up, and spend … Continue reading
Happy (Early) Thanksgiving
For once, I’ll be early with something. Thanksgiving, 1973: The little round-headed kid is having as much luck with Thanksgiving dinner as he did trying to kick the football. He’s supposed to be at Grandma’s house by four. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Re-Make/Re-Model
Tagged Charlie Brown, holidays, Peanuts, Snoopy, Thanksgiving, Woodstock
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The Myth of the Democratic Majority
There’s been an awful lot of hand-wringing on the Right over the prospect of the Democrats having a sixty-seat majority in the Senate. Never mind for a minute that the same members of the complaining class didn’t quail nearly as … Continue reading
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The Lieberman Dilemma
He’s been stripped of a minor committee chairmanship, so Joseph Lieberman got off easy. Too easy, if you ask many on the left; after all, they’ve been crying “treason” since the Senator from Connecticut hit the stump to campaign–hard–for John McCain, … Continue reading
Proposition 8 Part 2: WWJD?
One of the many arguments over Prop 8 comes down to theology. Many who oppose same-sex marriage, or even just homosexuality in general, argue that it’s not only against nature, but against God. By now, anyone with a television has seen … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Religion
Tagged Christianity, gay rights, LGBT issues, Proposition 8
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Proposition 8: California’s Indecent Proposal
On November 4, voters across the country elected Barack Obama president by a margin that, if not overwhelming, was very nearly so. The crowning irony of that occasion–seen by many (rightly, I think) as a vindication of the long struggle … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Two Minutes' Hate
Tagged gay marriage, Loving v. Virginia, Proposition 8
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Studs Terkel, 1912-2008
For an idea of just what we lost when writer and broadcaster Studs Terkel passed on October 31, leaf through a copy of My American Century (1997), which cherry-picks the best bits from such earlier volumes as The “Good” War, Race, … Continue reading