One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Image via Wikipedia Two stories have made the news lately that involve women’s rights. The one step forward is Saudi Arabian women driving despite that country’s ban on women drivers. Despite the fact...
View ArticleSome Things Never Change
Image via Wikipedia A recent Gallup poll surveyed Americans about their preference in the sex of their children. Just as in 1941, Americans prefer boys. Perhaps the only change since 1941 is that...
View ArticleSlavery: Not Just in Egypt Anymore
Image via Wikipedia Remember the old bible stories about Joseph and his coat of many colors? Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt. Then he rose to become the right hand man of the Pharaoh himself....
View ArticleThe 99%
Image via Wikipedia An article in Vanity Fair from the May edition (the one with Rob Lowe on the cover) talks about income disparity in America. I’m sure it’s nothing that people in America don’t...
View ArticleMan Hater!
Image via Wikipedia Recently, I’ve been accused of being a man hater. I won’t tell you who did it, but it was hurtful. Apparently, I really hate men. I didn’t know I hated all men, but apparently, I...
View ArticleFreedom
Image via Wikipedia After writing a blog post about Franzenfreude nearly a year ago now [http://gooseberrybush.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/ill-weep-into-my-royalty-statement/], I thought I’d get around...
View ArticleFreedom Redux: This is Water
Image via Wikipedia So, that review was kind of snide and snarky. And I did like the book in one way, and that is that I thought that it was entertaining, even if it was only half-way original. I...
View ArticleThe Queen of Coincidence
I am the Queen of Coincidence-incidence-incidence. Or, as I like to imagine it, to the tune of Cult of Personality: Look in my eyes What do you see? The Queen of Co-coincidence The Queen of...
View ArticleThe Queen of Rage
Cover of The Stepford Wives Usually whenever some Fox news pundit goes on and on like a broken record about the liberal bias of the mainstream media, I have to laugh. However, the conservatives have a...
View ArticleThe Best of the Web
Image via Wikipedia I thought it was time to brag on some other writers and visionaries for a change. There are a lot of other great blogs out there that are doing creative things, making progressive...
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