Not Everyone Can Say They’ve Been To Qatar

After a couple of weeks of well-earned R&R, my sister just returned to Iraq via Qatar to complete her deployment with the Army. Thankfully, I was able to take a few days off work and spend some quality time with her. During a visit to Boise, someone asked her if she thought we [...]

The War Against Contraception

For those of you Americans who actually enjoy having sex for non-procreational purposes should be paying attention to the Bush Administration’s war against contraception. From the Center for American Progress Report:
Every day in the United States, 10,000 young people acquire a sexually-transmitted disease. Teen pregnancy rates in this country are rising, and 2.5 million [...]

I Support The Troops II

Well, shucks, Christopher Hitchens–the Iraq occupation, Shakespeare, George Orwell, and the heroic story of a young American.  Please read “A Death in the Family.”