Someone else's magic is not what cooks well on your stove. You are moved to get involved but are not fully informed on the specifics behind why you are aroused or motivated to join in the debate.
Police are now admitting they could have done more--indeed, in 2006 they missed an opportunity to rescue her from her captor, Phillip Garrido. But let's leave aside the failings of the police.
A while back I watched Chris Matthews challenge the gun-toter in New England. Got me to thinking. It seems that the slogan driving these folks with the big iron(s) on their hips is ...
Susan Cornwall writes about how Few Speak Out for Palestinians in US Congress - via commondreams.org Does a moral perspective include cheering on the destruction of other human beings regardless of what side of the fence you step from?
My generation is one in which there are still many living veterans from the Viet Nam era.
Nowadays one of my axes to grind has national apathy toward the invasion and occupation of Iraq and lack of empathy for families with skin in the game. In the 60's and 70's when I served - and that was 6 years active duty USAF and 2 years Army Reserve - I did not have much occa …
"Democracy is not about taking the most educated portion of the society and having them decide who's going to run the entire society. Democracy is about every individual having a voice." I suggested that when people don't know anything, maybe it's their civic duty not to vote.
I keep hearing how important it is for everyone to vote. Let me be politically incorrect and say that maybe some people shouldn't vote.
How come no one ever hears about the Asian American women and other women of color who happen to number over 30 million registered voters in the United States today? Perhaps it's the startling revelation that in the 2004 elections 70 percent of Asian Americans, 69 percent of Lati …
Ironic as it seems, some democratic governments actually have laws for compulsory voting; they require citizens of suffrage to cast a ballot in an election. Free societies can actually require citizens to participate in the election process.