Category: "culture/news"
May
29
2009
Military equality
Dear President Obama,
It's time to end "don't ask, don't tell" and let openly gay people serve in our military.
Moral Kombat
Lt. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Arab linguist who was discharged from the Army National Guard earlier this month for… more »
May
24
2009
TMBG @ JJ 2009
We took Emma and a friend to the 2nd annual Jiggle Jam, a children's music festival headlined by They Might Be Giants. TMBG has been one of my favorite bands for over a decade and it's been great to see them expand into children's music. They've… more »
Feb
17
2009
City council
Tonight I was sworn in as an Adrian city councilman. The mayor resigned a few months ago and one of the aldermen was acting as mayor. The council decided to appoint him as mayor and they needed someone to serve the rest of the alderman's term (about 14… more »
Feb
15
2009
Before you forward that email
If you get an email forward that seems too amazing, frightening, sad or heartwarming to be true, it probably is. Before you hit that button to forward the message to your friends, take 60 seconds and type the subject line into Google. You can also… more »
Nov
18
2008
Atheists Are People Too
Discrimination against atheists is one of the last types of socially acceptable discrimination. It comes in many forms, the most shocking of which is legal: Some state constitutions attempt to strip atheists of their legal rights. Before I go any… more »
Oct
24
2008
Pro-life and Pro-Obama
This week my six year old daughter came home from school and said that a boy in her class told her that Barack Obama wants to kill babies. We explained to Emma that this was not true. No one wants to see more abortions being performed.
For too long,… more »
Oct
19
2008
Short survey
I like running polls on my blog, but sometimes I want to ask several questions and see how the answers relate to each other. So, I'm trying out a service that allows me to do that. I started with a short survey about health care and education. It's only… more »
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