I just want to take a moment to say why I am against Amendment One and will vote against it tomorrow. 1. When I asked a friend of mine who is anti-gay rights why he was so vehemently against something that really doesn’t have any impact on him whatesoever, he told me that he doesn’t [...]

There is a lot going on lately. An election year brings out the issues like nothing else, and I sometimes feel overwhelmed by it all. There is a lot of bullying that is going on in politics and current events. I would consider what pundits like Rush Limbaugh do to be bullying, especially towards gays [...]

Tags: bullying, gay rights, Sharon Stone

Fresh off the heels of Black History Month is the grand month of March, otherwise known as Women’s History Month. I have to be honest and say that I normally don’t pay any attention to it. But this year, it seems particularly pertinent as women’s rights are facing a full-on assault. I am pretty pissed [...]

One of the most exciting parts of the State of the Union address last week for me was the proposed partnership between businesses and community colleges to build the skills of workers to match the jobs that are vacant. I thought it was brilliant (and have been contemplating ways to get involved in helping to [...]

Tags: buy American, buy local, congress, politics, recession