SEATTLE – The Victoria Clipper ferry disgorges a capacity crowd of tourists at Pier 69 on the Seattle waterfront. Shuffling…
The more I thought about Rachel Ray winning an Emmy, the more I thought that I needed to write a warning to the world.
When my manifesto is translated into foreign tongues, I hope the children will learn.
My warning to the world
Rachel Ray will eat your children.
Lorraine Smalley, a wonderful Goodwill volunteer who is very skillful at fixing up worn-out dolls, has read several books carefully and written out against the U.S. foreign aid policy toward Israel. I find it difficult to respond to Mrs. Smalley’s article because the relationship between the U.S. and Israel is very complicated and I would have to read books and interview many people before I could pass judgment on the financial arrangements between the greatest Democracy and the smallest Democracy on earth.
Today’s cartoon is by Mike Keefe of The Denver Post.
Today’s cartoon is by RJ Matson of The St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Today’s cartoon is by Cam Cardow of The Ottawa Citizen.
Today’s cartoon is by Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News.
To the Palestinians who live in the occupied territories, and also the millions of Palestinians who exist as refugees, the founding of Israel 60 years ago means the catastrophe (al nakba in Arabic).
I was recently informed by a fair-and-balanced news source that presidential hopeful Barack Obama was caught on film bumping fists with his wife Michelle.
Today’s cartoon is by RJ Matson of The St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Today’s cartoon is by RJ Matson of The New York Observer.
As I age, somewhere to the left of graciously, I find it amusing that I have, in recent years, begun to sacrifice style for function.
Maybe after developing one’s own style, it is less necessary to borrow the alleged style of others.
Last Wednesday, after successfully solo laundromating in that city north of us that none of us want to be seen in, I journeyed by Big 5 to say “hello” to Diane. A few months back, when I last made an emergency run to Wally World for mindless gifts, I purchased my first ever pair of Dr. Scholl’s shoes from her.
Either my feet are swelling as I age or my fourth-grade socks no longer fit.
I have been contemplating lately in a deeper and more urgent way, the future of this community… and for the purpose of this piece I will limit my focus to the city of Langley. One, because I know something about how Langley works. And two, because in many ways Langley is a microcosm of the county, the state and the nation.
It’s a community where a good number of folks understand what it means to live harmoniously and responsibly on the planet, how living on an island is different from living on the mainland or in a large urban community, and — most importantly — what might be required of us as individuals and of our public officials, to sustain our community.
