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Will He Ever Just Beat It?

Jeanne Jackson — 2009-07-08T17:39:06Z

By Jeanne Jackson

Star Tannery, Virginia: It's the elephant in the living room of every human being trying to maintain a sane point of view about the society in which we live. There is just no way to get around the subject of Michael Jackson's death.

Palin Resignation Is Wasillogical

Scott Olin Schmidt — 2009-07-08T12:38:50Z

By Scott Olin Schmidt

West Hollywood, California: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin shocked the nation Friday when she announced, abruptly, that she would vacate the Governor's Mansion on July 26. The suddenness of her announcement led to wild speculation over holiday barbecues for a simple reason: Palin's decision...

Speed Reading

Jeanne Jackson — 2009-07-01T17:16:49Z

By Jeanne Jackson

Star Tannery, Virginia: Are you reading this? Good for you! It's a dying art - or so it seems. It is with a certain amount of sadness that I've watched the demise of long-standing newspapers of record this past spring. One of the...

Starving the Future

Jeanne Jackson — 2009-06-24T16:33:47Z

By Jeanne Jackson

Star Tannery, Virginia: I couldn't help wondering, as each athletic dinner award recipient returned to their seat with a trophy the size of the Stanley Cup, what sort of message was being sent ... "This is it. This is as good as it's ever going to get. So here's this big honkin' trophy to remind you of your glory days that, upon graduation, are over."

Texting For Dollars

Jeanne Jackson — 2009-06-17T18:24:59Z

By Jeanne Jackson

Star Tannery, Virginia: And I can't get the creepy image of millions of hypnotized teenagers staring at a television screen, mechanically echoing back messages to some Big Brother who is counting how many responded, what they responded to and what got the most response.

Right and (Self) Righteous

Jeanne Jackson — 2009-06-10T14:20:34Z

By Jeanne Jackson

Star Tannery, Virginia: Are there still some people out there that missed the memo about the devaluation of property values due to the housing market bust? I mean, are there really some people who didn't know that when housing market busts, it affects...

Beginnings and Endings

Jeanne Jackson — 2009-06-03T15:47:59Z

By Jeanne Jackson

Star Tannery, Virginia: This week, like millions of other mothers in the U.S., I will watch my last child graduate from high school. His brother's graduation was filled with the excitement of the newness of watching our first born become an adult and...

Marriage By Any Other Name

Scott Olin Schmidt — 2009-06-02T17:03:18Z

By Scott Olin Schmidt

West Hollywood, California: Following last week's decision on Proposition 8 by the California Supreme Court, proponents of marriage equality in the state rushed to lay the path to its undoing. The establishment gay rights groups are heading to the ballot box, with an...

The Church and Prop 8: Losing by Winning

Mike Spinney — 2009-05-27T20:41:40Z

By Mike Spinney

Townsend, Massachusetts: Memo to my fellow believers: we cannot force others to live by our standards, nor should we expect our government to impose those standards by legislative fiat.

All In Favor Say, "Oy"

Jeanne Jackson — 2009-05-27T15:35:41Z

By Jeanne Jackson

Star Tannery, Virginia: I will join your club, support your cause, volunteer to man your booth; but please, for the love of all you hold sacred, don't make me come to a meeting. Theoretically, having a meeting seems like a good idea: gather...

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