Connecticut finalizes and codifies gay marriage by healthy margins. I will argue that this is a healthy and appropriate turn of events. Gladly, compassion and justice have won out.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Irony of Ironies?
This is a survey America will have to contend with. How is it that certain religious factions are more accepting of torture than others, and especially more than the relatively non-religious?
Qualified Hopefulness?
Nobody wants to be unrealistically hopeful, but any good news is welcome. Perhaps, just perhaps, as unpopular as the TARP and its implementation have been . . . perhaps it is working.
Banks aren't lending enough, people are still hurting, and Elizabeth Warren has been warning about waste and corruption, but maybe . . . maybe we've been well shepherded after all.
Maybe.
Aches and Pains
As a non-baby-boomer who deals with this, I find this troubling and have to wonder what environmental factors might play a part in this seeming epidemic of Arthritis.