Hooray! I voted in Georgia today! HUGE crowds (with pics)
I don't write a lot of diaries here. I normally get by with comments. Sometimes, however, I'm motivated to sit down and write a diary of my own. Sometimes the topic is silly. Sometimes I just have...
View ArticleBecoming Leaders: YMCA Youth In Government
Growing up in the Upstate of South Carolina wasn't always easy. I was (and am) lucky to have good friends there, but it's a small world. Sometimes that's a good thing. People are generally nice to...
View ArticleMy neighborhood: thinking about poverty
I live in a gentrifying neighborhood in Southeast Atlanta. It's a nice neighborhood. My neighbors are friendly, waving from the yard or stopping by to talk about the weather. The kids are kids,...
View ArticleHealth Care - My letter to the White House
So, we're coming down to it. The shape of health care reform (with or without irony quotes) in America is being debated now. Soon, we'll start to have a clearer idea of what our representatives will...
View ArticleRoger Ebert writes about health care reform
Most people here probably know Roger Ebert as a talented and witty (and perhaps a bit crusty) movie reviewer. He's no longer on TV, but he still keeps up a regular column at the Sun-Times. Normally...
View ArticleRoger Ebert Redux: The Moral Case for Health Insurance Reform
A few days ago, I wrote a diary about a column by movie critic Roger Ebert, in which he laid out the case for health insurance reform. Well, today he's back, and he's badder than ever.
View ArticleA family member is dying
My brother-in-law's father is dying. He has a particularly aggressive cancer, and we found out last night that it has spread to his brain. He has about six weeks left to live. Despite all of the...
View ArticleOn Mental Health
I have a vignette to share tonight. I'm only calm enough about this story to type it up now, even though it happened almost a week ago. This is a story about a descent into madness, but not like you...
View ArticleIt ends, peacefully and with family all around
This is a diary about health care reform. I'll do my best to say what I need to say.I've written before about a family member of mine who had been diagnosed with an aggressive and deadly cancer. I'm...
View ArticleGeorgia Speaks. (Many Photos)
Georgia. Red, red Georgia. A state where, just days ago, a constituent asked a United States Congressman who would shoot the President of the United States.Georgia. One of those 5 states you see...
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