Posts Tagged Tea Party
Polite Company
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Uncategorized on November 30th, 2011
Remember the old saying to the effect that one shouldn’t discuss religion or politics in polite company? Last night, I think I observed a slightly different version, to wit: people with wildly different political orientations can be perfectly pleasant to each other if they avoid discussing specific policies. I realize this isn’t exactly practical as [...]
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Tea and Sympathy
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging, Uncategorized on November 22nd, 2011
A number of commentators have compared the Occupy movement with the Tea Party. Although there are some similarities–mainly frustration with the status quo and anger at the political system–those comparisons ultimately fail. The Tea Party–to judge by its spokespersons, placards and photos of meetings–is a profoundly reactionary movement. Its slogan is “I Want My Country [...]
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But What About the Children?
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Education / Youth, Public Policy and Governance on September 29th, 2011
I see where a federal judge has upheld the part of Alabama’s harsh new immigration law that requires public schools to check the immigration status of all students. This is one more effort to punish the children of undocumented immigrants. What I find particularly galling about laws like this, and opposition to the Dream Act [...]
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Age and Perspective
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on September 16th, 2011
One of the (very few) benefits of growing old is that you gain perspective. Sometimes, that also leads to a modicum of wisdom, sometimes not–but it does mean that one’s frame of reference is larger and longer. To use a very common example, you can’t truly appreciate how dramatically the internet has changed society if [...]
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Sticks and Stones
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on September 1st, 2011
I largely agree with Matt Tully’s “take” on Andre Carson’s controversial words in this morning’s Star. As Tully notes, Carson has been a substantive, hard-working legislator who has steadily gained stature, and the language he employed was unnecessary to and a distraction from the points he was trying to make. “Why,” Tully asks, did Carson [...]
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