I’ve avoided writing about what is going on in our presidential election, not wanting to focus more attention on this ignoble display. But Sunday night was too much.
Blog Posts on Politics
Dirt
We all need to get dirty more often, for our health and possibly for our souls, which may need to root in something more substantial, and messier, than words.
At Last
We are debaters; we are leaders; we are women who have learned a lot of the lessons of the past… we now know how to defend ourselves, both literally and legally.
Parting the Red Sea
I expect Moses will be with me for a long time, urging me on toward improbable destinations with his wide-flung arms.
Resisting the Annunciation
As we head, again, into the season of attacks on reproductive rights… I wonder how many of them stem, unconsciously, from the familiar version of the Annunciation.
Hillary, and Torrential Rain
Torrential rains are pouring across our political landscape these days, and sometimes seem about to erode all vision.
It’s Over Folks!
The “angry white men” we hear so much about have every reason to be angry. Their reign, centuries long, is over.
Radical Feminists, Angry Indians and Illegal Mexicans
These days we are hearing language that is the equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded movie theater, language that whether the speaker is aware of it or not, incites to violence.
Cache
There is still goodness in this world, and often it seems to be the goodness of strangers, as Blanche DuBois proclaimed at the end of “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
Mother’s Sons
Part of our deep emotional and spiritual connection to the babies we bore means that we sense, wordlessly, their injury and violation.