At some point, about a year ago, Clementine and I got out of the habit of reading together every night. It might have had something to do with the fact that Arlo had come along, and was demanding more of my time, but I suspect she’d also gotten to an age where our interests were […]
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We’ve always known that the day would come when Kerry Bentivolio would embarrass us… Well, that day is today
Our favorite disgraced-local-teacher-turned-Santa-Claus-impersonator-turned-Congressman, the “mentally unbalanced” Kerry Bentivolio, finally made the big-time, scoring not only a feature story in yesterday’s New York Times, but a significant mention in columnists Maureen Dowd’s piece on the implosion of Republican party. Apparently, when you come out right before the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s historic “I Have […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Congress, I have a Dream, impeachment, Kerry Bentivolio, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Maureen Dowd, racism, Santa Clause impersonator, Syed Taj, tea party 19 Comments
The subject of poverty finally makes its way into the presidential campaign
As I’ve mentioned before, I was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the day before Robert Kennedy arrived there to begin his tour of Appalachia. I don’t know that it explains why, over the course of my life, I’ve been so drawn to Kennedy, but it’s an odd coincidence, I think, and I find it hard to […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Appalachia, assassination, Baptists, Bruce D. Meyer, budget cuts, Bush tax cuts, Christian, Christianity, Conference of Catholic Bishops, entitlements, faith based initiative, homelessness, hunger, hunger in America, James X. Sullivan, Jesus, John Edwards, Kairos Prison Ministry International, Kentucky, Lexington, Martin Luther King, Matthew Yglesias, National Association of Evangelicals, Obama, poverty, poverty tour, Presidential politics, RFK, Robert Kennedy, Romney, social safety net, tax the rich, The Circle of Protection, wealth inequality, welfare 14 Comments