November 30

Archive for February, 2008

21
Feb

The murder of Lawrence King and the need to go beyond hate crimes

I am looking forward to the day that people stop killing people. War, domestic violence, stranger violence, indifference, it all just rips tiny holes in my heart. There are so many stories of violence, too many stories, and so we can’t keep up with them all, so I don’t usually blog about individual murders. But [...]

15
Feb

War is bad for families

Two different emails landed in my in-box today about the horrible impact of war on families.
The Times brings us a heart-breaking article about U.S. military personnel who have recently killed family members. I can appreciate that there are a number of folks who are working to address domestic violence within the military, although I don’t [...]

07
Feb

Better Know a Gay Lobbyist

Stephen Colbert has topped himself with his “Better Know a Lobbyist” interview of Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign. They cover such fertile ground as:
“Are you gay for Huckabee?”
“If gay marriage becomes legal, what’s to stop a gay man from coming into my house and gay-marrying me? Marriage is forever.”
Take five minutes, check [...]

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