The State of NJ is in Crisis Mode

Living in NJ does not mean “affordable living,” but instead implies that there will be some type of “standard of living” that should permit someone to actually LIVE here.
Alas… after a string of inept politicians making blanket promises about how they will fix what’s broke, leaves the residents of this state feeling less than amicable [...]

Post election thoughts

I posted this over at summerfever a couple of days ago, and decided to repost it here and try to get this going again.  Maybe I can get my cohorts back over here too, and if there is anyone else out there who would like to contribute, leave a comment or send me an email.  summerfever08@gmail.com.
 
I have [...]

I remember now

Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here.  I hope you can forgive me.
While reading the Western Civ text for the fall course that I’m teaching, I came across a few statements that brought back to my memory exactly WHY I began to be such a big religious skeptic.  It reminded me of the Western Civ [...]

off topic

The other day I observed science instruction in action and realized that for all the bashing that belief in God takes from people who believe in science that it takes just as much faith to believe in science sometimes as it does in God.
You believe what you’re taught to believe (raise up a [...]

good-bye, hello

An interesting thing occurred to me today while I was considering Senator Rodham-Clinton’s failed presidential bid and the idea of sexism.
If sexism is something we would like to stamp out in our public arena then we should stop calling Senator Rodham-Clinton, “Hillary.” We’re not her friend, family member, or co-worker. We don’t refer to the [...]

a disservice to women

Okay, I’ll admit it: I was a Clintonista. I was looking backward instead of forward under the duress of the Bush Bedlam. I know Hillary Rodham-Clinton would make a fantastic chief executive. I don’t think much of her husband and subscribe to the conspiracy theory that her husband was the charisma that [...]

Organ Grinder

Do you see the Clinton/Obama picture?  It offends me, a lot.  I usually wouldn’t say “a lot” but I wanted to start off right, while injecting myself into the sophomoric tête-à-tête, by pointing out that it is two words, not one and commonly construed as poor form to be used in writing and if we’re [...]

Separation of Church and Political Elections

Could we actually separate the two as innocuous bystanders and still be friends?  I dunno, I’m afraid to find out.
Recently, John McCain denounced any attachments to John Hagee and Rod Parsley (mostly John Hagee) because of their outlandish statements about Jews and Catholics.  (And, might I say, Mr. Obama might stand to learn a lesson [...]

What’s in a name?

Republican, Democrat, something else?  How do we choose the party that best reflects our position?
I can go way back in my personal political journey.  My dad was a very decided “decline to state.”  He said that was because the ballot box was sacred and private and his affiliations were none of anyone’s damned business.  His [...]

We’ve Found Him

I don’t self-identify as Republican regularly anymore and I don’t self-identify as a Democrat either – like many in my generation I avoid labels for myself as I fastidiously attach them to others.  All of my, ‘third party friends,’ revel in their shenanigans and are quick to slap a, “Republican,” or, “Democrat,” label on someone [...]