Ah ha! My newest favorite app is OutTwit. This sweet little app allows me to actually keep track of all those cool people I’m following by sorting them into their own folders in Outlook. It also lets me tweet right from Outlook, which–as a freelancer–is always open on my computer. … Continue reading
from StrollerDerby.com It was originally an antiwar holiday, but was defanged and corrupted to be about cards and flowers and brunch. It was originally an antiwar holiday, meaning you should be vigiling or writing letters to Congress when all you want is to sleep in and have brunch. The hoopla … Continue reading
This actually makes me want to cry: “The system for helping Americans in need is very fragmented, and it confuses everyone. Some people are covered and some people are not, even though they look like they’re in very similar circumstances.” ~THEDA SKOCPOL, a political scientist at Harvard, on government aid.
We have among us a class of mammon worshippers, whose one test of conservatism or radicalism is the attitude one takes with respect to accumulated wealth. Whatever tends to preserve the wealth of the wealthy is called conservatism, and whatever favors anything else, no matter what is called socialism. ~Richard … Continue reading
