The following blog post is part of the BIG QUESTION series for September, asking “What does America want?” – Search term: ”Halloween Costumes for Little Girls” Search Engine Platform: Google Images Top four hits: Halloween is now a night for girls gone wild! But this is old news. Even mainstream media has been squawking about...
The following is a guest post by Canadian IT developer Colin Phillips for the September BIG QUESTION series. Thanks Colin! – If you polled folks on the street and asked them “What does America Want?”, in the same way that Elizabeth has asked her guest bloggers, Affordable Healthcare would probably be at or near...
Guest Post by Amanda Quraishi tweet @ImtheQ As an Official American Citizen, here’s what I want: 1. I’d want to see the respect employed among opposing parties in our national political discourse. 2. I want American Tax Dollars invested back into AMERICA so that We The People, and our children can benefit...
Even though I am about halfway through my natural life, I still have a hard time finding meaning in Memorial Day. There are all sorts of rituals I participate in on this weekend: parade, barbeques, packing away the winter clothes, getting the yard ready for summer. But those are colloquial. I know Memorial Day...
It’s another We Scout Wednesday! Thanks Tara! Everyday my life is being reformed by the choice to be “teacher of children,” big and small, at work and at home. So I was glad Tara asked: What will you teach the new generation about creativity? Every single one of us must embrace our inner-Madonna. The...
On Setting Peace in Stone “Compassion is kindness. What we say or do in the name of compassion rarely is.” –from Karen Maezen Miller today, via TweetDeck. This weekend, I cleaned a closet. And felt like a minor superhero. I imagine what Jimmy Carter must feel like, in those moments of action, when he...
A Guest Post by Karin Kuczynski-Holmgren It’s a small cottage on the water in Bridgeport, Conn., a peaceful setting despite the overgrown parking lot and chainlink fence that surrounds it. Just beyond the rows of parked Hondas and Priuses, the harbor twinkles with reflected factory lights. This vegetarian restaurant is called Bloodroot, run by...
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