Sports and Patriotism

Last week I went to see the anticlimactic “Rumble in the River,” a preseason-esque 42-0 University of Kentucky drubbing over Miami (OH) in Cincinnati’s Paul Brown Stadium.
It could be that the game’s most interesting moment for me took place before the game commenced.  As per usual, I chose to remain seated during the performance of [...]

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Practicing Yoga; Practicing Peace

I have been practicing yoga fairly regularly for almost two years now.  I’ve  thrown up in class, come to terms with my own lack of strength, my pitiful flexibility, and I’ve reveled in the fact that my balance is way better than most of the middle-aged women in class alongside me, so long as I [...]

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We Are Exerting our Military Might in Iraq and Elsewhere, Remember?

Another Presidential debate has come and gone, and neither candidate engaged the problem of our nation’s military aggression against “forces of evil” to any level of consequence.  Worse, issues like health care and our economic crisis functioned as talking points, seemingly unrelated to the way our country chooses to spend its money.  According to Barack [...]

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