Topic: truth

The local grassroots group Parents for Paid Leave is biggering itself this summer. Truth is, numbers speak volumes to legislators, so they've set up an e-mail list that can count supporters. And while you may get an update or two, there's no worry about filling up your inbox. No time for that, mamas. They're too busy strategizing and meeting with potential partners and state legislators. Go,...

Watch this and stop buying water in a plastic bottle http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=hfUnErQccE8.

I like the distinction Lebanon Truth makes in this comment thread between politics and government. However, I think Rovian/Bush Republicans don't make that distinction anymore. Government is politics, to a degree never before seen. Take, for example, any of the following: - Department of Justice disqualifying anyone who worked for any kind of liberal or liberal cause from being hired under...

This past week, I have spent time facing some tough challenges pertaining to my two daughters. My oldest, 16 years, is in the final preparations for her trip to Uganda for a two-week cultural exchange through the Harambee Centre here in Portland. My youngest turned 13 yesterday and is forcing me to do the "stap in - its gonna be a bumpy ride" routine all over again. As you can...

Often a cartoon speaks more truth than thousands of words. Thanks to Pharyngula, here's a great example: The complete comic says even more. Yes indeed, "the truth will set you free." Which leaves religion out of the picture, because it puts barriers between us and reality – substituting wishful thinking for clear-eyed understanding of the universe. A recent comment conversation over...

That's the question Carson explores in 3 posts on the subject: Post 1 Post 2 Post 3 Quote (from post 2): I find it interesting that states and the federal government attempt to create a system of educational egalitarianism, but fail to realize the improbability of such a construct in a society of such class differentiation. I think about the day school I teach at: it is a campus of great beauty;...

from infowars: Seven years after the attacks of September the Eleventh, a global awakening has taken place, the likes of which the world has never seen. As the corporate-controlled media dwindles into extinction, a new breed of journalists and activists has emerged....

Portland Center Stage **Poster image by David Emmite** July 8 - 20, 2008 J.ust A.dd W.ater (West) Newspeak: A 2-week developmental festival of new work for the stage. The Truth: A chance for PCS to loosen the hairnet. It's 2 weeks of playing rough in the dirt with Oregon and national playwrights, jumping into some site specifics, and lots 'o mingling. Check out what that drafting,...

By Carolyn Baker & Melissa Taylor of Speaking Truth to Power These are the times that try men's souls. ~Thomas Paine~ Everyone said I must attend a Fourth of July parade in New England. I yawned and thought of all the Fourth of July parades with which I'd been familiar while growing up in the Midwest-you know, the emphasis on God, country, mom, apple pie, and America right or wrong. I...