Who I am…
I am a lawyer, former mother of teenagers, and a quixotic seeker after and champion of factual truth.
I make the best damn brownies you have ever had that are not regulated by the federal government.
I love movies, Broadway, and intelligent conversation.
I think in song lyrics and movie and television quotes.
I believe in the use of proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar even in text messages. I am willing to debate the use of the Oxford comma, if you know what the Oxford comma is. It also makes me very happy if people use the subjunctive mood when appropriate.
I have been told I intimidate people. I am really just a fluffy-centered teddy bear. Really.
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“He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8.
“Pray for the dead, fight like hell for the living.” Mary Harris (“Mother Jones”).
“Don’t boo. Vote.” Barack Obama.
“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” Reinhold Niebuhr.
“No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do the bad things.” Sir Terry Pratchett.
“Damning facts are still facts.” Steven C. Holtzman.
“If you don’t stick to your values when they’re tested, they’re not values — they’re hobbies.” Jon Stewart.
“Darkness never sustains, even though it sometimes seems it will.” Doctor Who.
“Writing is a form of mischief.” Stephen Sondheim.
“An idea is not responsible for the people who believe it.” Don Marquis.
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.” Joseph Campbell.
“Truth is our strongest ally, our biggest weapon, and our best defense.” Me.
“Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” Stephen Colbert.
“The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation.” Jonathan Larson.
“We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger.
We rise and fall, and light from dying embers
Remembrances that hope and love last longer.
And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love;
Cannot be killed or swept aside.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda.“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” Emma Goldman.
“No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett.
“I believe that the God who made (among other things) light, and space, and number, and time, and the spiral curve of Fibonacci numbers, must be acknowledged to understand more than I do about why there’s pain in the world.” Teresa Neilsen Hayden.
“No, it’s not fair. You’re in the wrong universe for fair.” John Scalzi.
“Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, ‘Liberal,’ as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won’t work, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor.” Lawrence O’Donnell
“So keep fightin’ for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t you forget to have fun doin’ it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin’ ass and celebratin’ the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.” Molly Ivins.
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Tag Archives: Reprehensible people
Sheesh, people.
I am working on a post on rape culture, and the way in which society aids and abets abusers and harassers, but it is slow going, primarily because I want to be thoughtful about the way that I approach the … Continue reading
Still not there yet.
I am still trying to come to grips with the Steve Landsburg piece on letting people die enough so that I can write a cogent analysis of it. Part of the issue is that I am busy doing other things, … Continue reading
Steve Landsburg is a Menace to Society, Part 3: Dying.
[Parts 1 and 2.] This post is going to be disturbingly short. Having read Steven Landsburg’s piece in Slate “Do the Poor Deserve Life Support?” from 2006, I am so outraged and appalled as to be incoherent. His entire argument … Continue reading
Steven Landsburg Is a Menace to Society, Part 2: It’s my body, not an asset to be exploited.
[Warning: rape triggers.] There is a misguided belief out there that anything can be questioned if it is done in the name of academic enquiry. Wrong. There are questions that, simply by the asking, demonstrate callousness or disregard for … Continue reading
Steve Landsburg is a menace to society, Part 1: Yes, voting matters.
Thanks to Scott Lemieux over at LGM, I have become aware of the work of University of Rochester Economics Professor Steve Landsburg. The man is … reprehensible is the word that most quickly comes to mind. I have found at … Continue reading
Another study refuting any link whatsoever between immunizations and autism. HO HUM. Or it would be except for the naive, shortsighted, panicky, or just plain stupid parents out there. Selfish parents who would prefer to take medical advice from actresses … Continue reading
It is the first day of that days-long infomercial (but with less real content) that is the Republican National Convention. I have acquainted myself with enough of their platform to shake in my boots for my country — especially its … Continue reading
Basic biology, fail.
Oddly enough for someone who is so emotionally invested in politics, I am trying to avoid writing about election topics. Neither my psyche nor my blood pressure can stand a lot of that these days. The combination of negative campaigning … Continue reading
The Healthcare Darwinists.
I have a medical condition that, regardless of how well I have been taking care of myself, has the possibility of me ending up in the hospital. It is lifelong and, if not properly treated, potentially fatal. Being in the hospital … Continue reading
Outrageous.
The one broken election promise of the Obama Administration that has angered me the most is the (non)closing of Guantanamo. And today, the Administration unveiled plans to restrict access of detainees* to their counsel. Note, according to the story, … Continue reading
There is a reason that the quote by Don Marquis is on my sidebar. Dan Savage, founder of the “It Gets Better” project, is a prime exhibit of ideas not being responsible for the people who believe in them. I … Continue reading
I wish it were April 1st…
…And I could write all of this off as a hoax. But it’s not, and I can’t. I have always held that people who opposed vaccination for their children were dangerous. It seems some of them are far more dangerous … Continue reading
Anyone who knows me for any length of time knows that I am irretrievably opposed to capital punishment. Nonetheless, some people just deserve to be taken out and shot: the doctor who published the study linking autism and the mumps, … Continue reading
Persecution complexes
I thought of blogging about the horrific situation of Christians in Iraq, but then Mad Priest already did that. You hear some American fundamentalists whine about how Christians are “persecuted” in America. Do they even fathom what that word means? … Continue reading
Obscenity.
There is profanity. You hear profanity a lot these days. My kids hear it in the streets and on the school buses. You see it on the Internet a lot. Comedy Central has quite a few shows which feature profanity … Continue reading
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