Some companies spend a lot of money to do client satisfaction surveys. I consider it a service to provide some valuable feedback. A charge from McAfee appeared out of the blue on a current credit card statement. This charge was made on a card I hadn’t used in some time, one that I had vowed some time ago not to use. My husband pointed to the new – solitary – item. I had no explanation. I spent a while on…
Marianne Meed Ward of the Toronto Sun has my admiration. She has written an opinion piece – in the Lifestyle Section, yet – that connects some of the dots in the conflict between the Jehovah’s Witness belief in the total abstention from blood and the welfare of children in cases where life-saving blood transfusions may be needed. There are big themes here – civil liberties, freedom of (and from) religion, freedom of (and from) speech, child welfare, biblical scholarship, and…
My longtime hero Molly Ivins is dead at 62 after a long, long battle with breast cancer. I knew it. I knew it when I posted a few days ago that she was in the hospital. Ivins died at home in hospice care, so at least she left the hospital. Oh, we’ve lost a good one. My eyes are brimming. Share an anecdote or quotation in the comments if you like. From her last column: We are the people who…
EPA Set to Abandon 30 Years of Air Quality Control Tell the EPA that it must continue to use the best available science to protect the air we breathe from dangerous lead pollution. Lead is one of the most harmful toxins on Earth and is especially hazardous for children. Incredibly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering removing lead entirely from the list of pollutants it controls under the Clean Air Act. Tell the EPA that it must continue to…
My hero, Texas columnist Molly Ivins, has been hospitalized in her ongoing battle with breast cancer. Calling all benevolent deities – some healing, please. We need you, Molly. Get well.
Warning. This is an uncharacteristic post. I feel the need to write about something that has been haunting my thoughts since yesterday. It’s about a quick clip I saw on the news. I don’t even remember what they were talking about. George W. Bush and Laura Bush are walking toward a helicopter. The camera’s view is from the back and to the side, so that the view is a three-quarter view from the back – you can sort of see…