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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Headed for ISS Saturday Morning!
About damn time! :-) In case this wasn’t abundantly clear, I have been SO WAITING for SpaceX to get this show on the road, and I’m SO HAPPY that they’re at this point. I do not blame them for taking … Continue reading
Christ is Risen!
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! — Hymn of the Resurrection Russian Orthodox Rite Let all pious men and all lovers of God rejoice in the splendor … Continue reading
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When a Personal Attack Backfires….
So Rush Limbaugh thinks that any woman who believes that birth control drugs and medical devices should routinely be covered by health insurance plans is a slut. <yawn> Well, I would yawn, except that I (to my embarrassment at the … Continue reading
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The Challenge of “After-Birth Abortion”
Today’s UK Telegraph published an explosive article titled, “Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say”. When I saw the link on the Telegraph web site, I did a double take and then opened the article, certain that I would … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Medicine, Religion, Science
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John Sperry, Anglican Bishop of the Arctic: 1924-2012
On February 11, a man who by all accounts was a giant of the Christian faith died: John Sperry, Anglican Bishop of the Arctic and author of a wonderful memoir titled Igloo Dwellers Were My Church. Bishop Sperry moved to … Continue reading
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The Supreme Court Steps Up to the Plate
Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that use of a GPS locator/tracker on a person’s car without a warrant is a violation of the fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution. All I can say is — it’s about d*mn time … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Politics
Tagged 4th Amendment, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution
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The State of American Freedom
Yesterday Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, wrote a troubling op-ed article, 10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free, that was published in the Washington Post. I’ve read it twice. I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law
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Welcome, 2012!
I’m back from the holiday road trip. The first few days were gorgeous: brisk, cold, sunny, and lovely. We stayed two nights in Bend, Oregon, in a hotel with rooms that overlook the Deschutes River. I rafted on it over … Continue reading
Thomas Haynesworth: “A Long Time Coming”
Today Thomas Haynesworth was granted a “write of actual innocence” by the Virginia Court of Appeals. Haynesworth had already been released from jail on parole because of evidence that he was innocent, but had been on the state sex offender’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Human Rights, Law, Science
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The Eastern Sierras, Bodie, and Mono Lake
Yesterday a major urban fire broke out in Reno, Nevada, where I live. My husband Joe and I were already planning to visit his family over Thanksgiving, so we packed quickly, took a few things that we really didn’t want … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Science
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