cowards

The violence against individuals experiencing homelessness is such a sad testament to what has become of our society.  I'm constantly told of attacks, thefts and strong-arm robberies, A Nashville icon who sits in a wheelchair down on 2nd ave north of Broadway, (usually by the Spaghetti factory) playing his guitar for passersby has been mugged at least three

One of the more striking things about the decision yesterday was just how unhinged, almost Malkin or Limbaugh-like Scalia sounded:

Article 19 on the superdelegates:

I received a call early this morning from a contact at the ER over at Skyline. One of my clients had been brutally assaulted the previous evening while sitting on a bus bench, minding his own business, waiting for the bus.

"The death raised to at least 19 the number of American troopers killed in Iraq since last Sunday." Link

The troops want to cut 'n run. Better call out the swiftboats

What? Are they cowards? Hell no, they’ve been lied to, under supplied, put in a war with unclear and changing objectives, and returned for numerous tours that have been extended beyond reasonable. The troops have been abused by an incompetent administration. The troops recognize their work is done.
Bush and his [...]

I know the Southern Baptist Church doesn’t have the same level of hierarchy as other denominations, but when the Convention decided that women couldn’t be ministers, that was the end of it. Baptist churches can have women ministers, but then they don’t get to be Southern Baptist.

Poetry News:

1. — The Paranoiac and the Paris Review —
2. — The irony of depression is that the pervasive sadness that pierces the heart connects the haikuist to the everyday world of necessity —