Peruvian child becomes symbol of US undocumented – Yahoo! News. Difficult situation. No easy answers – and an innocent child, American by birth, in jeopardy, because of her parent’s illegal status. We need a better way. QT
Utterly ridiculous story. I can’t see any reason why someone who favors restrictions on gun ownership can’t simultaneously admire the craftmanship of a gun. The fact that the article had to tell us what was “awkward” about this proves that the author is just making stuff up. QTRead the Article at HuffingtonPost
Many people are rightfully concerned about the creation of a police state in Arizona (and now, Texas, since apparently, Texas intends to put a similar law in place. MY fear is more long-term, more about the confluence of economic interests and insidious law. In America, we already have an example of a history of laws [...]
From Merriam-Webster.com: politico Main Entry: po·lit·i·co Pronunciation: \p?-?li-ti-?k?\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural po·lit·i·cos also po·lit·i·coes Etymology: Italian politico or Spanish político, ultimately from Latin politicus political Date: 1630 : politician Apparently Politico (a political blog) wants to trademark the name. Except that this is already an established, well-known word in the English language. It’s [...]
I’m reading everyone’s opinions regarding the Massachusetts election. Of all comments, what stands out most is a report prior to the election that President Obama was listless in his defense of candidate Coakley. Coupled with what I’ve read about the candidate, I thought “who could blame him?” But of course, the democratic party could blame [...]