Snowbrush

“Honor Diversity” is a commonly seen bumper sticker here in liberal Eugene. It implies that diversity per se is good and that the worl...

Torch-bearer of Ahimsa “The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.”  —Peter Singer Last night...

We expect our killers to be reverent .* “I believe the fact that I've accepted Jesus as my savior will be my salvation. But in th...

My choice for president  Readers have often mistaken me for a liberal because of my criticisms of conservatives, but I am neither the ...

Rioters hurt the cause because they harden the common perception among whites that blacks are prone to criminality. Why does this matt...

As for the Oxycontin, I took the prescription to Hirons Drugs on Wednesday, but when I went to pick it up, I was told that they didn’t hav...

Much of what I am, I tell myself I shouldn’t be. Much of what I’m not, I tell myself I should be. Some examples: I shouldn’t be in a cage...

Electrical Implant My back and shoulders pain has been bad enough lately that I went through my entire 30-day supply of oxycodone (a s...

(Quotations are from the 1960s and '70s. Choices and answers at bottom) 1) “If you think you are emancipated, you might cons...

My mother often talked about people who were famous when she was young during the 1920s and ‘30s. They were mostly names that I didn’t ...

I accept that I am ultimately alone. People can still hurt me, but with the exception of Peggy, I never let them close enough that I can’t...

I haven’t been to high mass since November, although I ask myself every Saturday whether this will be the day that I return. It’s a won...