Help “Kerry” Bush Out of the White House
I don’t really know what has gotten into me this year. I started volunteering with the Kucinich campaign last fall motivated by nothing more than boredom and loneliness, and now I’ve taken on personal commitments to do whatever I can to get Bush out of the White House...
Troops Out Now
Let's bring the troops home now. NOW. The U.S. was wrong to attack Iraq in the first place, it's not on its way to being a Western-style democracy and we're going to end up bringing our troops home in failure anyway, so let's leave now. The insurgents are beginning to...
What I Would Do, A One-Act Play
LOCATION: Nighttime, a bus stop in a large city. One lamp post gives light. A woman in her mid-thirties sits on the bus shelter bench, reading a newspaper with a dire headline, perhaps, “War Expected to Worsen.” She is maybe 5’2”, 130 pounds, a small woman. She...
Go See Fahrenheit 9/11
Now.
Why is anyone still voting for George W?
Would someone please explain to me what the thinking is of the people who are still planning to vote for George W this November? Anybody? Anybody?
Ray Waller
One of my best friends ever was Rayfield A. Waller, a prolific writer, agile intellectual and urban quick wit from Detroit. We met when we entered the Cornell English PhD program in 1988 and stuck together in the trenches of it for four years. He was my partner in...
An Atheist’s Prayer
Atheists pray, too. We just don’t always do it with words.
Catholic Atheism
Okay, I guess I can't just call myself a "Catholic atheist" in my last post and not explain it. I was raised Catholic. I actively and willingly attended church until I was 19. In my sophomore year of college I had a crisis of faith (I guess you'd call it) and decided...
My Native Language Is English
Acculturation, or the uglier word assimilation, isn’t always a choice.
My Favorite Original Poem: Spinster
Spinster Underneath piles of wedding lingerie, dented brass dreams, dulled by disappointment, Under faded images of strong, handsome men with perfect teeth and silvery lace dusted with loneliness, I find quivering anticipation, new and wet, excited to grow and stretch...
T-Minus 11 Days…
We're eleven days away from the hand-over of power in Iraq and I feel new doubt about our -- the American people -- our decision-making ability. No, we didn't elect George W, but knowing what we know now, would we have allowed him to take office as easily as he did in...
Dating, Part One
I'm encouraged by the responses to yesterday's posting about America's foreign policy. Some responded here and some friends emailed me directly. Thank you for telling me you feel the same way. I feel less alone and I feel like a silence has been broken. I'm lightening...