• Politics

    Here we go again

    After the tragedy at the Boston marathon this week, I admit to being a bit torn as to how I wanted to respond. As a blogger and writer I wanted to drop everything, rush to my keyboard, and begin the creation of a glorious and wonderfully worded piece blasting the malefactors who caused all this harm while praising all those who lent a hand in face to the horror of the situation to help those in need. But I was conflicted. In a situation like this, it seems wrong to me to take  advantage of the suffering of so many just so I can write a piece that I hope…

  • Politics

    I do…

    As the Supreme Court takes on the issue of same sex marriage I find myself filled with an urge to discuss a topic that always gets me into trouble in my household. It’s not that I have a radicle opinion; on the contrary, I feel my opinion is very logical. I think this just happens to be an issue, like abortion for example, that sparks fiery emotions in people –and my family is no exception. I was reading an article on the internet which featured excerpts of the discussions from the Court proceedings today. The piece was very cleverly done by featuring what the author called as the “13 key…