So, General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thinks gays are immoral. It’s nice to be counted lower than convicted criminals, as the ban on criminals being enlisted into the armed forces has been waived in some cases. But didn’t Jesus warn us about this?
Peter Pace is Italian-American, so imagine not so […]
Political intrigue! Geneva bands! Africans! Theology! Romance! Hymn singing! Prescription medicine abuse!
Hubby and I saw the new film, Amazing Grace last night. Ordinarily, he suggests a film and I agree, but the story of William Wilberforce and his anti-slavery mission so interests me that I made the suggestion this time. (I’m working on a separate […]
Those of us who have listen to the intra-Anglican fracas tend to see “the Nigerian problem” as the Archbishop of Nigeria Peter Akinola interfering in United States parishes, standing as a spokesman for conservative primates, and by extension challenging the Archbishop of Canterbury as the de facto leader of the Communion. But as I’ve said, […]
Ages ago (in blogtime) I read Andrew Sullivan because he had a certain wit I appreciated, and before that because we lived in the same Washington neighborhood. Before that I took a perverse interest in him as a gay Republican.
Now I read him because he’s the only person I know who writes consistantly and movingly […]
No judgment, none at all, or at least for the space of this post because it is a whole lot harder in the real world. By which I include the 7-11 across the street where there is usually a small crowd of panhandlers. Or I can go behind my building the other way to the […]
Three prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have killed themselves, the first to die after many other attempts. Some make much of the coordinations of the deaths; the camp commander, Rear Admiral Harry Harris dubbed it “asymmetric warfare,” quite the buzzword today. He said they had no regard for their own lives or anyone’s and that doesn’t […]
Let me tell you this slightly Latino (12.5%) American feels a visceral swell of hope and pride over today’s actions. Not only because a hugh number of new and future (US) Americans took a visible measure of control over their personal, economic and political welfare, but also because it showed that a non-goofy, non-self-marginalizing mass […]
I’m hard to upset, but the news about the upcoming halving of Darfur rations did it. If I put my mind to it, when trying to loose some flab, I can maybe eat 1500 to 1800 calories, knowing I have plenty to spare on the waistline.
The current Darfur ration is 2100 calories — to become […]
PeaceBang has a very cute picture on her blog which proves a buncha us’uns have tabs even if they’re aren’t seen in public. On the ministers anyway.
For the record, I wear mine under my dog collar.
P.s. Teddy bears are good for storing your bands, too.
A terrible squall is moving through as I type. Projected winds may run to 60 miles per hour, surely ruining Washington’s phenomenal Japanese cherry blossoms.
Fortunately, Hubby and I went to the Tidal Basin after church yesterday and got a few pictures, after the jump.
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