Thursday, January 13, 2011
“Chapter read and lesson learned.”
Barenaked Ladies ”Who Needs Sleep?”
Giving a speech at an event such as last night’s memorial in Tucson following the tragic shooting rampage of Jared Lee Loughner – a name not even mentioned during the proceedings – is kind of like walking across a frozen lake in Minnesota this time of year. Hazards are all around, and in many places the ice is so thin that nobody in their right mind should tread there, lest they fall through into an icy, watery grave. We learned that lesson in 2002, when a memorial for Senator Paul Wellstone, who had died in a plane crash twelve days before the election, ended up turning …
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Friday, January 7, 2011
The battle between science and religion is nothing new. It dates back to the 17th Century, when Galileo was imprisoned for heresy when he theorized that the earth travels around the sun, which is in direct contradiction to scripture verses which state, “the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.” (Psalms 93:1) and “The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.” (Ecclesiastes 1:5) So here we have this heathen scientist preaching heliocentrism, the theory that the sun stays put and the earth travels around it. Heresy! Send for the inquisition! In 1996 Galileo was “rehabilitated” by the Catholic Church. (In this context, rehabilitate means to undo an excommunication.)
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Life’s not worth a damn, ’til you can say, "Hey, world, I am what I am!”
— Jerry Herman, “I Am What I Am” From La Cage aux Folles
This is an historic day, ranking right up there with the night we elected our first black president. This is the day I will tell my hypothetical grandchildren about. This is the day the United States Senate managed to stop their partisan bickering long enough to put an end to discrimination against my gay brothers and lesbian sisters who so bravely put their lives on the line for their country. They have served bravely. Now they can serve proudly.
This is the day that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” …
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