Komen Caves and the Tipping Point

Just announced about half an hour ago on CNN: The Komen Foundation is reversing its decision to defund Planned Parenthood : The Susan G. Komen foundation has reversed a controversial decision not to renew funding for some Planned Parenthood projects, the group said in a statement Friday. “We want to apologize to the American public [...]

Back to the Pipe and the Pole

Here is a letter I received a few days ago from the President of my University. Last summer, I formed an advisory task force to assist the University in developing a plan to prepare for probable reductions in state funding for higher education and to assist the University in developing a new instructional resource model. [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!! Voting day is just about a week away. Here in Massachusetts, we have a closely contested Governor’s race and two close races for two house seats long held by Democrats. The latest polls show the Democrats leading for now. Governor Deval Patrick leads his two opponents in the race for governor but [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!!! I didn’t pay close attention to the news over the weekend, because I’ve been trying to learn how to sell my massive book collection on-line. I’m what is known as a bibliomaniac. My response to stress is to go on book-buying benders. Luckily, because I’m old, I’ve bought a lot of first [...]

Sunday News Roundup

Good Morning Conflucians!!! Election fever is upon us. And it’s not pretty out there. We’ve heard what the politicians have to say, we’ve heard what the pundits have to say, and we’ve heard what blogastan has to say.  Only 16 days until we discover what Americans have say. Let’s see what’s in the news. As [...]

“The Republicans are the ones who liberated Europe in World War II.”

I never knew that! Isn’t it fascinating to learn new historical facts? I’ll bet Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was President of the United States during WWII, would be awfully surprised too, if he were still alive. My dad served in WWII, and he wasn’t a Republican, but he was in the Pacific. I guess all [...]

Let’s Hear it for Civil Disobedience!

Last night President Obama spoke at a fundraiser in LA for Senator Barbara Boxer. In what I see as a very refreshing turn of events, LGBT activists repeatedly heckled a clearly irritated Obama with calls for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Obama tried to calm the hecklers by claiming that both he and [...]

Saturday Morning Musings on Corporate Control and Internet Freedom

Good Morning Conflucians!! It’s so nice to wake up to sun pouring in my windows after the horrible rains of the past couple of weeks. I guess I should consider myself fortunate that all I had to deal with was some water in the basement. And since my ex-husband liked to buy every kind of [...]

Things that make you go “hmmm…”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Ottawa this week for the G8 Summit, and she had something to say about abortion rights (in Canada). “I’m not going to speak for what Canada decides, but I will say that I’ve worked in this area for many years,” Clinton told reporters. “And if we’re talking about [...]

Friday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians! We had a brief two-day break in the gloomy weather, but the dank, foggy stuff is back and today we’re getting a mixture of snow and rain. I still have a cold and the worst sore throat I can remember having since I was a kid. But all that pales in comparison [...]