Steve Harvey, Standards and Dating

I have been a fan of Steve Harvey’s for years.
I loved the original Kings of Comedy, and faithfully watched the Steve Harvey Show for years.
Nowadays I listen to his radio program every morning on my way to work, and his book “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” is definitely on my list of [...]

Bonuses, Bailouts and Buttheads

Like many of us, I was pretty upset to learn about AIG’s decision to pay out more than $165 million in executive bonuses.
Much of the funds are retention bonuses for employees that are no longer with the company. All of it is going to reward AIG’s top decision-makers for decisions that were…
Well…
… Shitty.
The recipients of [...]

Duke Is Puke

I hear Duke’s Coach K doesn’t appreciate that Obama has been making NCAA Final Four picks.
He claims he thinks the Prez should be concentrating on the economy.
I have to wonder if he’d feel the same way if Duke had made its way into Obama’s bracket.
Anyway- I tend to agree with Obama on most issues- and [...]

New Mexico Governor Repeals Capital Punishment

Today I was happy to read that Governor Bill Richardson has signed a bill aboloshing the death penalty in New Mexico.
I realize that this was a very tough decision for him to make… Richardson does believe that the death penalty- in rare cases- is just punishment for especially heinous crimes.
His statement reads, in part:
Regardless of [...]

AIDS, Andino, and The Diva

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the AIDS epidemic- both in the U.S. and abroad.
I’ve blogged about it myself on more than one occassion.
It’s been my stance, since day one, that one of the keys to curbing what is fast becoming a plague is education.
The abstinence-only approach isn’t just unrealistic- it is dangerous.
It simply [...]

The Pope, AIDS and Abstinence

The Pope has spoken.
Unfortunately, I spend more time wishing the man would shut up than anything else… but…
Still.
Most recently, Pope Benedict XVI has decided to weigh in on the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
What a hoot.
It seems the Vatican considers itself in the forefront of the battle against HIV/AIDS and as such, the Pope felt the [...]

Stimulus, Schools and Sanford

A few weeks ago (on February 24, 2009), Obama addressed the nation in front of a joint session of Congress.
It was a moving speech, focusing primarily on the economy, and the challenges faced by America today.
There were a couple of attendees at the event that are not politicians, but rather, people whose personal stories touched the President [...]

Clocks, Socks and Glocks…

By Andrew Heaslet, Coordinator, Peace Economy Project
What do clocks, socks, and glocks have in common? Socks, underwear, oil in a car, batteries in your smoke detector, Mr. Rogers’s cardigan sweater, and the time on your clocks on the evening of March 7th – what do these all have in common? These are all things that [...]