I Broke Up With My Television

by | Feb 22, 2010 | The Public Humanist

According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube. I broke up with my television...

Friday accent blogging

by | Feb 22, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Having recently reconnected with an old friend from Wales, I've felt the need to get up to speed on the intriguing subspecies of English spoken in the far reaches of the British Isle. Welsh is itself a fearsome Celtic language, and gives the Welsh a distinctive,...

Beyond Gold

by | Feb 22, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows

Thursday evening, I probably reached the pinnacle of my personal 2010 Winter Olympics fever. I mean, so many stories wowed me by then: speed skater Shani Davis winning gold—if you didn’t know this before, he is the first African American to win Winter...

A Sort of Resolution

by | Feb 22, 2010 | On Springfield

Springfield social justice activists will hold a “Stand Out Against Police Brutality” on Thursday, Feb. 18, from 2 to 3 p.m. outside the city bus station at 1776 Main St. Participants will call for city officials to create an effective and accountable...

by | Feb 22, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

One of the reasons I branched out from having MAID be just about masculinity issues is that it's more fun to be able to pop off about whatever comes to mind on a given day. Another, though, is that it started to feel like everything I had to say had been said....