A Rubber Door

I’ve written before about confederate flags flying here in Conshohocken, and the one I wrote about before is now gone. But on East 9th Street here in Conshohocken, another one appeared. To me it’s as bad as flying a swastika - and we know that wouldn’t fly, would it?

The Jena 6 story is sobering. It reminds everyone that for as advanced as we think our society to be, old bigotries are not non-existent, just put away in the basement, away from the prying eyes of visitors. But just like my cluttered old house, you can’t hide everything. The dust bunnies [...]

I’ve been laid off before and it doth sucketh. The only thing that has to suck harder is being fired not once, but twice, in a 24 hour period. Well Don Imus has been fired by both NBC and CBS in the past day. (ABC and Fox are debating whether or not [...]

I’ve kind of avoided the subject of Don Imus, because this whole thing is getting old.  Michael Richards, Mel Gibson, Ann Coulter, Isaiah Washington, Tim Hardaway - it’s numbing how much intolerance there is.  My friend Grace asked me what comments I found more disturbing: Rush Limbaugh’s comments on Donovan Mcnabb or Don Imus’ comments [...]

I’ve been meaning to write about so many things I’ve read, heard, or talked about - I just couldn’t get my mind around finding the time to put my thoughts to virtual paper.
First off, a friend and I were talking about how different we are from those in the bible belt and specifically our [...]

It’s been roughly two weeks since former NBA player John Amaechi came out in advance of his book Man in the Middle. The resulting controversy has been hilarious (such as the great Shavlik Randolph quote “As long as you don’t bring your gayness on me I’m fine”), sad (as in Tim Hardaway’s hate [...]

Seems like every year 24 starts up, every year there is a group that is upset about the identification of Muslims as terrorists.  It is a fine line that the producers of 24, and anyone else who covers this topic, dares to tread.  It is no question that there are Black, Caucasian, and Asian terrorists.  [...]

Last night on 60 Minutes there was a story about the Hazleton ordinance banning landlords and employers from dealing with illegal immigrants.  Five years ago Pennsylvania enacted tax breaks to attract new business to the state - it worked, attracting tons of manufacturing jobs to the state.   With these jobs came people to rural areas [...]