May Day 2009

Every year the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, in collaboration with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater holds a May Day Festival. I described this, over and over again yesterday, as a combination Pagan Beltane Ritual to bring back the Sun and a Socialist Demonstration of Worker Solidarity. Lest anyone think [...]

Link: A New Meme, Please Get One

From the progressive feminist site, Shakesville, a link dump with commentary on the recent spate of blaming immigrants for swine flu.
In short, Media Matters and other conservatives have started blaming the epidemic on filthy Mexicans and other undesirables. I wish the tactic was novel or surprising, but as Shakesville points out, the [...]

2009 Blog for Choice

I have two kids. My partner and I adopted them both, together.
Our son, M, was a local adoption. The story is not a secret in local circles. Many people — friends and family — ended up playing parts in it. We have continuing contact with his birth parents. His adoption [...]

Inaugural Address, January 20th, 2009

Text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address on Tuesday, as prepared for delivery and released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
OBAMA: My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to [...]

It doesn’t seem right.

I was looking up the candidates in my district at E-Democracy yesterday. And I noticed something — I am strongly biased against candidates who have Christian themes, Biblical verses, or calls to prayer on their campaign materials. Biased enough that such things mean I look no further — I won’t vote for that [...]