Could Joe Biden be right? President O has got juice back. He made health care big news by putting us in control of our health care (some time in the future). Still a few outstanding issues but the commentators say this is historic. A bit more history than promised? Good history? Help me out in […]
Easy duty-bound civic engagement: fill out a form; mail it; be a part of the nation’s decision making on how cash and other resources are dished out. The Constitution (Article 1, Section 2) lays it out – every to years the government has to count those of us kickin’ it in the United States (citizen […]
We’re on ice this week. See you next week. Enjoy the break.
At the international level sport is frankly mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators: and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe — at any rate for short periods — that running, […]
On Sunday, this ad caught my attention: Some people dig it, others are ready for a throw down. Folk have raised concerns about Nazi imagery; that this is an extreme and unfair rep of environmental movements; a blatant political move; and, an ineffective way to make a difference when it comes to the environment (buy […]
At the end of next week, like so many others, I will fall into the tradition of thinking about love and the people I love. So, amidst the planning for dinners, gatherings, candy deliveries, and sweet words, I thought I’d get my love note out early. Start by reading essays of love from all perspectives […]
What a scene! Not the commandment announcement from the latest gadget by the cool CEO. The people who make the decisions for the rest of us — the power, the honchos, the folks in charge, the Man — get together at least once a year to put on a show for the nation. Instead of […]
What I’m listening to? Funk. We owe our collective groove to the funk. James Brown started it. Sly Stone and Parliament-Funkadelic perfected it. The Ohio Players and Cameo gave it some stank. Prince, the Digital Underground, Outkast, Rick James, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Afrika Bambaataa, Rage Against the Machine, and Teddy Riley worked it. […]
Hail! Hail! Massachusetts is the talk of the nation. I always say we’re ahead of the nation, but in wow –- we’re sending a Republican to the Senate at a crucial moment. Joy? Some say we finally entered the rest of the world. Others are hand-wringing and embarrassed. Apparently we like to make statement and […]
Welcome and welcome back to the first Coffee and Conversation in the new year. So much to catch up on: saving Haiti; crude commentary from an out of touch senator speaking the truth; Tiger Woods and matters of privacy and corporate expectations; incompetent bombers messing things up for the rest of us; why it matters […]