Chicana Demographic
I finally appreciate the education my parents and grandparents made available to me.
Longing
Longing, Part I I want to learn happiness the way others do it with lazy lunches occasional silence and coats thrown together on a kitchen chair. To stay in someone’s life, my name coffee-stained in their address book and permanently on the Christmas card list. To let...
What I Would Say at the Democratic National Convention
As the daughter of community activists, I have spent my life being suspect of American culture, media and politics. As a product of the Reagan '80's, I learned that our government is not to be trusted and the worst things I suspect of our leaders are probably true. As...
Nader?
I am now considering how qualified and experienced Nader is for the presidency and he doesn't look good. Then again, neither Kerry nor Edwards has experience leading, either. I'm also considering how effective Nader would be as president. I...
I WANT to be a centrist, but…
I want to be a centrist: reasonable, willing to see both sides, comfortable with progress through compromise. Arguably the only progress that’s ever made in our political system is the progress that happens when both Republicans and Democrats work together, put aside...
John Kerry – Pro and Con
Okay, so there’s this debate going on among leftists and further-to-the-leftists: why elect John Kerry when he’s so centrist it will barely make a difference? The argument is that John Kerry’s record shows that he isn’t nearly as far to the left as he would need to be...
Dick
In the July 19 issue of Newsweek, the “Conventional Wisdom” section makes this statement about Vice President Dick Cheney, “Campaigns like Scrooge on tour.” I showed it to the stranger sitting next to me on the train and made a friend, for a moment.
The Myth of Marriage
Thanks to those of you who responded to yesterday’s posting, either by commenting here or sending me an email. I appreciate all of your input. I guess I'm just expressing the frustration of having no control over random chance (not an original expression). A college...
Dating, Part Three
Not believing in god or destiny, I believe it's up to us to make things happen for ourselves. But after having tried many methods to find a lasting relationship, I'm about to conclude that this is the one area in which there is nothing I can do. A friend once said to...
Learning How to Be a Girl
A Transplanted Californian Re-programing for the Chivalry of the Midwest I came of age in California in the 1980’s. I was painfully aware, even from the inside of them, that they were totally lame compared to the cool 70’s and the political 60’s. I’m still surprised...
How to View Life as Not a Waste of Time
I'm a musician. I have spent years and years studying music, becoming a better singer, performer, and songwriter. Sometimes I feel like I am moving achingly slowly and I wonder if I am wasting my life. In the past few years, I have become increasingly critical of my...
France Saved OUR Ass in the Revolutionary War
On this Fourth of July, I'd like to remind all those Americans who love to say that we saved France's ass in World War II: 1776 - The signing of the Declaration of Independence took place at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, a war that would drag on into the...