http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/05/27/health/MARATHON_VOICES.html

"We must teach every child, nay every person, that the greatest measure of our own humanity is the degree of human dignity we afford those from whom we are different." ~Charles M. Blow ( Read more... )

"I dream of a day when churches preach love and tolerance, and then match their actions to their words.

I dream of a day when only the marriage of church and state is banned."

Lisa Malkiewicz
"straight married mommy" in LAhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/

... cannot describe my happiness. (Hence I must needs resort to cliche. ;) )

Hooray!!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?pagewanted=1&hp

This whole thing reads like a plot outline for a really bad soap opera.

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

(I'm not getting much work done, am I?)

Are you registered to vote? Time is running out; most states' registration deadlines are at the beginning of October. If you've never voted before, or even if you've just moved to a new address down the street from where you used to live, you need to make sure that your registration is current ( Read more... )

Depressing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/opinion/26faludi.html?em

If you have 40 minutes to spare and want to be inspired, check out this speech ( Read more... )

... although this time, it's not my fault ( Read more... )