I've been thinking a lot lately about where I can put my money so that it can do the most good*. I've contributed to the Obama campaign, to Care International, and I've updated and redistributed my Kiva micro-loans. (On Kiva I always give to women, and if possible to women who are single parents, unmarried, or widowed, since statistically those ( Read more... )

This is from my friend lillibet. She got it from her elder sister, who got it from a student who has Muslim family members in Dayton. I am appalled and saddened by this, and particularly by the failure of the media to report on this, so I thought I'd spread the word and ask you all to do the same. Please, if you can, talk about this with your students, ( Read more... )

Last week it was announced that Michelle Duggar is 6 weeks pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle is in her early forties. Her eldest child is 20, her youngest is 9 months. Michelle is, as one might suspect, a stay-at-home mom and all the children are homeschooled ( Read more... )

May 1 was "Blog Against Disablism Day". I'm coming to the party late, but coming both from a family that has to provide 24 care for my severely handicapped brother and having recently injured myself, I wanted to say a few words on the subject. These are musings, observations, and reflective only of my own experience. I write this simply to raise ( Read more... )

So Romney just suspended his bid for the Republican nomination. His rhetoric about why he is doing so is whack-tastic. According to CNN, Romeny said that if he continued to run it would "forestall the launch of a national campaign and be making it easier for Sen. Clinton or Obama to win." He continued with these gems ( Read more... )

Tish just called me from one of the D.C airports and told me that one of the airport gift shops is selling "Hillary Clinton Nutcrackers." This product is a plastic Hillary doll with the nutcracking portion of the device located between her thighs. The packaging reads "Is America Ready For This Nutcracker?" Oh yes, my friends, pictures will follow ( Read more... )

Planned Parenthood has set up a really fabulous website where you can upload a photo and a message in protest of the Federal Abortion Ban ( Read more... )

So no, I haven't voted yet today. I am, in fact, still in my pajamas. But I'll be leaving the house in a few hours to go up to school, and I'll vote before I head to my office for the afternoon ( Read more... )

Since I generally fail to read or listen to the news I am occasionally brought up short by announcements of the stupid, appalling, and frankly evil things our government is currently up to ( Read more... )

Sometimes I find that living in one of the most liberal states in the Union leads to a certain amount of complacency in my head. After all, isn't this the only state with a Gay Marriage law? Isn't it practically impossible for a Republican to get elected here, Romney aside? Aren't there a gazillion eager undergraduates eager to get involved ( Read more... )