I'm a DC-area mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
There are not a lot of things in life and that utterly black and white. Life is full of shades of grey, infinitely confusing, with all levels of nuance available for interpretation. Except for this: if you ever, EVER see an adult abusing a child, call the police. I am incensed by this story coming out of Penn State University. Apparently an assistant football coach was sexually abusing young boys he came in contact with…
I’ve been putting off writing about Occupy Wall Street because I’m not sure what to say about it. I’m not even sure how to feel about it. But I feel like something needs to be said so here goes. For those who don’t know, Occupy Wall Street is an ad hoc group of dissatisfied citizens who are protesting the actions of big Wall Street firms by staging an on-going protest. There are sister protests taking…
