Malala Was the Clear Person of the Year
January 16th, 2013By Bob Gaydos
Time magazine got it wrong in picking Barack Obama person of the year. A 15-year-old girl with no armies at her command had the most profound effect on the world last year.
My Deciding Gun Factor
January 16th, 2013By Jeffrey Page
Just then, I felt a surge of nausea. I felt my knees weaken. I had a vision of my head in pieces.
Carrie’s Painting of the Week – 1/15/2013
January 15th, 2013I don’t miss winter.
Carrie’s Painting of the Week: 01/10/13
January 9th, 2013By Carrie Jacobson
Here’s the story of how I began painting, at the age of 50.
Having a Say on Fracking
January 9th, 2013By Jeffrey Page
We can live without natural gas. We can’t live without water.
A Wishful Wish List for 2013
January 9th, 2013By Bob Gaydos
A list of things I’d like to see happen this year, starting with ending the war in Afghanistan.
Of Congressmen and Cockroaches
January 9th, 2013By Emily Theroux
Most people prefer Congress to venereal disease, telemarketers, and a certain cheating presidential candidate, among the few other things they found viler than our current crop of elected pols.
Carrie’s Painting of the Week: 01/03/13
January 2nd, 2013A prayer for the new year
The GOP Dives Over the Cliff
January 2nd, 2013By Bob Gaydos
I defy anyone to find something compassionate in the GOP agenda today. It is a party well-known for what it opposes, even hates.
A 2013 Wish List
January 2nd, 2013By Jean Webster
Among other things, a display of congressional cooperation on behalf of – remember us? – we the people.