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With Equal Parts Grace and Calamity
The Conlin-Beavan family experiment requires that lights be low in their Fifth Avenue apartment. Photo: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesThe Year Without Toilet PaperBy Penelope Green / March 22, 2008 DINNER was the usual affair on Thursday night in Apartment … Continue reading
What’s That in His Hand?
The Wool Over Our Eyes: A Nation of SheepBy Richard Rhames “The Labour proposal is modeled on a compulsory system in America where parents are threatened with jail if children are not immunized.” “No MMR jab, no school under new … Continue reading
Inner Strength That Will Carry His Family Forever
Ilse Ackerman, Meeno Peluce and their daughters get cozy in the nest the couple built from repurposed eucalyptus in the yard of their Lincoln Heights home.A Lincoln Heights fixer-upper is transformed into a country escape in urban L.A.By Lisa Boone … Continue reading
Election of Judges : Only in America
Michael J. Gableman, left, defeated Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, right, after a campaign in which he falsely suggested Justice Butler had helped free a rapist.American ExceptionFor American Judges, Rendering Justice, With One Eye on … Continue reading
The Kernel of Solidarity Exists in Every Workplace
The Myth of the Reactionary Working Classby Adam Turl / May 23, 2008 The working class is back–or at least the words “working class” are. For decades, an army of pundits and academics argued that the majority of people in … Continue reading
Wedding Vows
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
At Holly Beach With You
Holly Beach,LA. a thousand cheap vacationswith free seagulls and sunburnsall you can step on beach jetsamand the purifying grit of Gulf watersa working family’s paradise spreepopulation you and me in a couple hundred cobbled cottagesshambled alongside cramped alleyswith ample crawl … Continue reading
Austin Family Joins War Against Stuff
Like many young couples, Aimee and Jeff Harris spent the first years of their marriage eagerly accumulating stuff: cars, furniture, clothes, appliances, and, after a son, Quinn, 5, and daughter, Nichola, 15 months, came along, toys, toys, toys. Photo by … Continue reading
Dying Over the American Housing Crisis
Let’s be clear about the facts here: it’s okay to bail out the lenders who are in trouble, but we will ignore the home-buyers who cannot meet their mortgage payments. Just another example of BushCo’s “we-don’t-give-a-flying-fuck” approach to America. “If … Continue reading
Big Win for Gay Rights
John Lewis, right, hugs his partner, Stuart Gaffney, left, outside of the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15, 2008, after the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage in a ruling that … Continue reading
Unboxed: Moving from Curiousity to Wonder
Can You Become a Creature of New Habits?By Janet Rae-Dupree HABITS are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. “Not choice, but habit rules the … Continue reading
