Have You Seen My Mother It was the mid 60’s when Bryan, at age two, was abducted by his father. Bryan was, stealthily, spirited away and taken from Town to Town by his father, keeping their whereabouts unknown. His mother, at nineteen and heartbroken, felt powerless. Raised a Jehovah’s Witness by his father, who was an Elder for decades, Bryan was taught at a very young age that his mother was demonized and that she had been physically abusive to…
The upcoming PBS movie (and later, full-length DVD) called “Knocking” looks as though it will present JWs in a very flattering light. That’s a little bit astounding to me – the director’s mother is a JW, but the son isn’t. Judging by many of his published articles, he’s gay – so it’s a little strange that he would promote the JWs – and that they would work with him as they obviously have. I’m not sure how they could have…
In commemoration of the 400,000 people who have died so far in the genocide in Darfur, Africa Action launched a petition drive to raise 400,000 voices of conscience across the country demanding that the U.S. government do everything necessary through the United Nations (UN) to ensure an urgent multinational intervention to protect civilians in Darfur. Sign petition demanding U.S. action to stop genocide in Darfur. U.S. Government officials who remained silent during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 regularly claim that…
Intolerant? Yup – of intolerance…. I’m with Mark Morford in this refreshing rant: You, hate-mailers from the sanctimonious Right and even some of you morally paralyzed middle-grounders from the Left, are correct. I am, in fact, deeply intolerant. It is true. I can hide my deep biases and predispositions no longer. I cannot, for example, tolerate the dark and violent road down which this nation seems intent on careening like an Escalade on meth. I cannot tolerate brutal never-ending unnecessary…
No matter what is on the agenda, no matter what crisis is imminent, Bush gets his vacation time. That’s why the Democrats in Congress should propose “the George W. Bush Paid Vacation Act”. This piece of legislation will guarantee every American with a full time job to five weeks of paid vacation… no questions asked. In the name of our President, the average American citizen will join the league of other civilized vacationing peoples like the Australians, the Germans and…
Please, join me in supporting the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act by signing the 700women.org petition. It’s simple and important – and will only take you a minute. Click here: http://www.700women.org/ Every day 700 women are assaulted by their intimate partners–and four are murdered. In September, Congress will consider the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which is the most important legislation ever enacted to protect women from domestic violence and sexual assault. If it is…