#1BillionRising
It’s like a huge feminist tsunami. – Eve Ensler One Billion Rising will start today in Samoa and spread around the world to all 200 countries! One Billion Rising is […]
Happy 85th Birthday, Doris Buffett!
We’re supposed to empower, but not enable. It’s a fine line and I think it makes them more responsible in the end. – Doris Buffett Today is Doris Eleanor Buffett’s […]
“Still I Rise” Poem by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset […]
“Revolver” Poem by Carl Sandburg
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Carl Sandburg’s poem “Revolver” was recently discovered in the University of Illinois’ Sandburg collection by retired professor Ernie Gullerud. Special thanks to Julie Owens for posting it […]
Book Review: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window
My friend Kiwi Mary, who is a leader of the World’s Best Book Club (WBBC), highly recommended one of their January selections: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window. […]
The NRA’s Delusional Paranoia About the Need to Bear Arms
We all die. Most of us will die from illness and/or old age. Our departures likely won’t make the headlines unless we are famous or die in an act of violence ~ […]
Celebrating Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 84th Birthday
What is your favorite quote by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? This one was shared on Facebook by Terri Marshall Gilfillan, who always ferrets out the best stories […]
Steubenville Rape: Stand Up and Rise on February 13, 2013
In wine comes truth. We reveal our inner-self when we’ve had too much to drink. Reserved people may become playful. Jolly folks may take off their clown’s mask to reveal […]
Sandy v. NASCAR: Callous Indifference, Entitlements & Toxic Politics
Many survivors of domestic violence are intimately familiar with the sting of callous indifference and with feeling like an expendable pawn in high-stakes games. The Republicans have whined for months […]
Anti-Bullying Lessons from the Fiscal Cliff
We the People took our country back on election night, and the Democrats discovered they have a pair [of balls] after all. Over the New Year’s holiday, they out-Republicaned the […]
Anne Caroline Drake 