Two hashtag campaigns launched last week on Twitter (where else?) addressing the topic of race. With #racetogether, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz thought it would be a neat idea to use coffee and his low wage workers to “start a conversation” … Continue reading →
I was recently asked by a librarian colleague to contribute a cartoon to a time capsule. Held by the Oregon Library Association, the capsule will open in 2040. Although I had the option to pick any old thing I … Continue reading →
To breed or not to breed? Are both conditions okay? Breed if you want to. Don’t breed if you don’t want to. I’m a parent. I love my kids. I wanted to have children, so I did. I know a … Continue reading →
The same day that Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a state law allowing for the discrimination against LGBT workers and customers in the name of religion, he also lifted a ban on needle exchanges in response to a serious HIV … Continue reading →
The New York Times recently reported on a new push by gun rights advocates to allow firearms on college campuses. The most recent legislative move is in Nevada, where legislator Michele Fiore, as quoted in the NYT article, said the … Continue reading →
As police continue their investigation of the murder of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, NC, neighbor testimony supports the finding that one of the bugbears working on Craig Hicks’ mind was a fixation with parking space etiquette. So … Continue reading →
One of the more ridiculous things said by libertarian extremists this week (who knows what next week might bring?) came from Senator Thom Tillis about government regulation of restaurants: Tillis said he was at a Starbucks in 2010 talking to … Continue reading →
I haven’t seen Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper”, so I cannot rate it as a work of art. I’m more interested in the conversation … no, that’s not the word. Social media doesn’t seem to support conversation or debate. More like … Continue reading →