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Doing the Beer Run
Yesterday, amid all the release of the 911 tape, the radio chatter, and the arrest report (which appeared to show that the arrest report may not have been 100% accurate) came the big news : The...
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The Justice of the Peace Who Breaks the Law
I first read this story in the Boston Globe yesterday and was struck speechless with astonishment. According to the AP story A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage...
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The State Dinner
Last night there was a State Dinner at the White House, the first given by the Obamas. The dinner for the Prime Minister of India was attended by over 300 guests including two women with the first...
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Harry Reid, Race, and the GOP
The new book “Game Change” by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann about the 2008 Presidential is already upsetting a lot of people. I’m certain that Sarah Palin will not be happy with Steve Schmidt’s...
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Still fighting the Civil War
I’ve heard people chuckle in amazement at factions in other countries who still feud over “ancient” injuries, but we have our own on-going civil war. It appears that for many, the Confederacy was...
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Race is complicated
3 days ago no one had heard of Shirley Sherrod who turns out to be the wife of Charles Sherrod, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The Nation reports on Melissa...
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We are not a post racial society yet
Anyone who thought that the election of President Obama signaled we were entering a post racial world only had to look at the news stories this past week featuring Judge Richard Cebull and Arizona...
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Joe Speaks
Yesterday Vice President Joe Biden got carried away and maybe used an unfortunate turn of phrase, but, as usual Joe spoke honestly and told the truth. And how do I know he told the truth? Just look...
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The more things change…
the more they stay the same. I’m reading “The Mansion of Happiness” by Jill Lepore, a collection of essays arranged so they comprise a history of life and death which is the book’s subtitle. Lepore...
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Grand juries, Ferguson, lots of questions and incredible sadness
What do I feel this morning after the grand jury failed to indict Officer Wilson on any charge? Just incredible sadness and weariness. I served on a grand jury in Boston. It was supposed to be a six...
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