Archive for November 2011

By the numbers

On this most incredible number day (11/11/11), a few numbers I’m contemplating this week. (None are particularly “biggie” numbers, like fives or tens or anything, but still cause to think around here.) Thirty Four I turn 34 this week. I think this means that I exit any claim to my early thirties and land in [...]

Could this be the last fine day of the season?

Bully by Conscience

Michigan has been working on enacting an anti-bullying law. Nice job, mitten folks. But here’s the upsetting part: in the course of debate, Republicans added a clause that allows for sincerely held opinions based on religion and conscience to be expressed. Here’s a concise explanation of this. (And, yes, I know that my source is [...]