My Dinner with John and Rainier

Oh! What a wonderful night it was!
Rainier is in town. He’s giving at paper at the National Association for Ethnic Studies Conference this afternoon, but last night he was free for dinner.
Through the rain and lightning and terrible traffic, John and I drove into the center of Atlanta to meet him. I had made reservations [...]

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News that Caught My Eye

But eventually let it go….
A child diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes? I have to wonder at what point and for what reasons doctors started giving so many vaccines at once anyway. How would they be able to determine which of the vaccines caused a negative reaction if there was a problem? And parents - [...]

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Rooms in the George W. Bush Museum

Thanks to Memere’s email delivery service…. with a couple of slight corrections…

The George W Bush Presidential Museum is now in the planning stages. It was supposed to be a library, but the planners kept resigning. You’ll want to be one of the first to make a contribution to this great man’s legacy.
The Museum will include: [...]

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Reject Bush’s Cuts to Public Broadcasting

Take Action: Tell Congress: Reject Bush’s Cuts to Public Broadcasting
Once again, President Bush is trying to cripple the public broadcasting system by slashing its funding.
I just signed a petition to Congress to reject these proposed cuts, and I hope you will too.
Mr. Rogers would be proud of you.
In 1969, Richard Nixon attempted to [...]

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Safe to Wander and Explore

Not too long ago, I was asked by a publisher if I might consider reviewing a children’s book. We corresponded a little bit and I said I would take a look. If I liked the book, I’d say so, and I’d run it by our little boy as well to see what he thought.
Well, I [...]

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Woo-hoo John Edwards!

Presidential candidate and all-around fantastic guy John Edwards has joined MyBlogLog, and VirusHead is the very blog community that he has joined! Thank you!
I sure would like to see him win the Presidency.
Download The Plan to Build One America (80 pp., pdf) to see some of the reasons why I am supporting John Edwards.
Here [...]

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Calling Armchair Activists for Progressive Actions

Here are some more actions that you can take online. Pick a couple, or do them all!

Sign up for the newsletter at FactCheck.org.

Sign up for The Progress Report from the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

Watch the video (or read the transcript) of Abu Ghraib whistleblower Samuel Provance speaking out on torture and cover-up, and [...]

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