No matter what you think about the Casey Anthony verdict, I imagine that your feelings about it are shaped by one or some or all of these longings: You long for justice, for wrong to be avenged. You feel the inadequacy of those who lack perfect knowledge doling out punishment. You want forgiveness and mercy, [...]
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Watching the News, Whispering “Maranatha”
Posted in Christianity, Overthought, politics on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Politics aside, one happy trend in yesterday’s election
Posted in politics on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s possible for a woman to succeed while looking her age. Being part of a tech boom is far more helpful for a woman than hiding grey hair or covering wrinkles. For shallow California, that’s a big deal.
A good reminder that things could be a lot worse than having to do my taxes:
Posted in Overthought, politics on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Realizing that I didn’t earn any “false imprisonment compensation” income this year is nice.
How nine-year-olds feel about penalizing the innocent
Posted in family, overheard, politics, tagged family on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My nine-year-old brother (he’s the sixth in the series, by the way), on a government bailout: That would be like N. and H. [neighbors] running into our wall and us saying, “Oh, that’s okay, just go and don’t worry about it,” and then taking from our other neighbors to repair the wall. He realizes that [...]
