First a little background to explain the purpose of this diary.
It’s less in the spirit of a Joe Namath-style guarantee than as a call to arms to ramp up your engagement right now.
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper Photograph: public domain photographer unknown
Friday Photography
This is the fourth of an ongoing series about everything to do with photography. This week's post is a little different. It takes a look at connections and influences within the visual arts world.
Yesterday Samer asked, Does Ted Cruz recognize transgender as an identity?.
Samer was concerned about a statement Cruz made:
The Education Department is suing a school to force them to let a teenage boy shower with teenage girls.
It appears to me that Sen. Cruz believes that transgender people are, effectively, confused people in drag or people with a mental illness.
I left a comment:
Of course he doesn’t. None of the religious right does. That’s why they want to legislate us out of existence.
In writing that I violated one of my own guiding principles: avoid speaking or thinking in universals. In reality, I know that there definitely are people from the religious right who are themselves transgender.
Better to build an Apocalypse bunker than share the wealth?
Hello friends, here's today's flight plan for the magic carpet. The averaged polls have Clinton 53-41, a 12-point lead, here at T-5. That sounds bad, eh. There are, fortunately, two counter points to make. More below.
Yes, this is a New York specific story, so everyone who does not live in my wonderful state, please bear with me. I know this post may not apply to you, but perhaps it will encourage everyone in states with upcoming primaries to check their voting status.
From the mouths of babes, daughter Caroline reveals in CNN interview....................
“She got to dress up Daddy in a pink boa and these like, big goofy-looking underwear…” he grinned at his daughter Caroline.
However, Caroline then chimed in with a revelation that left the Senator briefly stumped.
I am honored to be with you today and was pleased to receive your invitation to speak to this conference of The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Today we celebrate the encyclical Centesimus Annus and reflect on its meaning for our world a quarter-century after it was presented by Pope John Paul II.
